INDEX. 
583 
Humming, in the air, 219 ; birds from 
West Indies, 402 
Hunger, power of, 118, 131 
Hunter, John, birth and death of, 
312 
Hunting condemned by Bishop AVyko- 
ham, 512 
Hybernation of swallow, 28 ; swift, 28 
Hybrid between cat and rabbit, 336 ; 
tench and rabbit, 336 
Hypericum androscemum (Tustaii, or 
St. John's Wort,\ 226 
I. 
Ichthyology, 67 
Icy spicule in the air, 286 
Idiot boy and bees, 197, 318, 438 
Incongruous companions, 131 
Incubation of birds, 102 
Indian grass, 73, 369 
Insectivorous birds, 34 
Insect pests, 125 ; appearing in hot 
weather, 211 ; insensible to sound, 
220 ; hybernation of, 243 ; life of, 243 ; 
diffusion of, 259, 261 ; appearing in 
frosts, 283 
Instinct, 78, 138, 161, 266 ; of young 
animals, 205 
Inundations rendering land poor, 210 
Ireland and its natural history, 187 
Ironstone in Holt Forest, 10, 327 ; in 
Sussex, 327 
Italy, climate of, 103 
Ivy tree destroying buildings, 318 
J. 
Jackdaws, 66, 365 ; building on the 
ground, 66, 68 
Jamaica, birds of, 1 1 1 
Jarbird [see Goatsucker) 
Jealousy in birds, 131 
Jehovah, 340 
John, King, in Wolmer Forest, 465 
July, alleged decrease of birds in, 94 
Juncus conglomeratus (common rush\ 
194 
Junipers, American, 280 
K. 
Kestrel, 167 
Kingsfield, echo in, 218 
Kite, eating ants' eggs, 34 ; migration 
of, 120 ; 155 
Knights' Templars, Order of, 471 ; pro- 
perty belonging to, at Selboriie, 472; 
500 
L. 
Lacerta, 56 ; green, 57 
Ladies' traces, 227 
Lakes near t^^elborne, 21 ; in Wolmer, 
22 
Lampern, 35 
Landrail, 12, 84 ; food of, 84 
Landslips, 238 
Land tortoise {see Tortoise) 
Lanes at Selborne, 11, 319 ; abound in 
Filices, 12 
Lanius minoi;S6; Collurio [see Butcher- 
bird) 
Lapwing, 15 ; movements of, 145 
Larks, 155, 355; sky, feeding in winter, 
33; \vhite,48 ; grasshopper, 51, 61, 77, 
167 ; wood, 101 ; dusting and wash- 
ing, 123 ; Scotch, 355 ; catching, 355 
Late springs, 123 
Lathroeci squamynaria (tooth-wort), 226 
Laf.hyrus sylvestris, 227 
Laurel spurge, 227 
[.eaves of trees, 201 
Legs, length of, in small birds, 247 
Lemna (duck's meat weed), 263 
Leprosy, 213, 453 
Leveret and cat, friendship of, 208 
Libellulfe (dragon-fly), 112, 165 
Lice, of insects, 142 ; martins, 142, 
151, 258, 424 ; swallows, eggs of, 
143 
Linen clothing, advantage of, 214 
Linntean system, the, 80, 82, 85, 
169 
Linnet, 41, 101, 113, 351 ; song of, 
351, 382 ; taming, 352 
Lions following jackals, 132 ; eating 
fish, 394 
Lithe, the short, 240 
Liveries, meaning of, 513 
Lizard, green, 57, 68 ; black, found in 
a well, 64 ; Guernsey, turned ont 
at Pembroke College, Oxford, 73 
Loach, 59 
Loaches from Ambresbur}^ 59 
Locusta, 51 
Locustella, 77 
Long -billed birds fattening duiing 
frosts, 101 
Longspee, Ela, 506, 507 
Longwortb, J., Vicar of Selborne, 482 
Loon, or spotted diver, 82 ; foot of, 
83 
Lop and top, 26 
Loripes, 247 
