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INDEX. 
Ancient coins, discovery of, at Selbonie, 
201 
Anecdote of a young cuckoo, 103 
Anecdotes of owls, 114 
Animals, love of company exhibited by, 
138 
Antique vase or urn found at Selborne 
Priory, 262 
Antiquities of Selborne, 201 
Ants, emigration of, 295 
' Aphides, emigration of, 181 
Ashforde, the last Prior of Selborne, 255 
Aurora-borealis, 305 
Bank-martin, burrowed nests of the, 
128 
Barometrical observations at Selborne, 
190 
Bat, isew kind of, discovered, 76 
, singular species of^ first noticed by 
White, 76 
Bavaria, general extermination of game 
in, 18 
Beans and Peas sown by birdsj, 301 
Belfry of Selborne church,. 207 
Bin's pond, disappearance of^ 20 
Birds, beans and peas sown by, 301 
, how supported during the winter 
months, 83 
infested by insects, 116 
of prey, rapacity of, when hungry, 
277 
singular social habits of, 66 
that sing whilst flying, 95 
varied motions of,. 164 
Bishop Farmer's account of Selborne 
Priory, 259 
Blind worm,, controversy regarding the 
habits of the, 44 
Bohemian wax-wing, occasional visits 
of the, 31 
Breeding properties of the cuckoo, 99 
Brood-hens, revenge of, upon a sparrow- 
hawk, 168 
Bridge, ancient, at Selborne, 258 
*' British Zoology, " White's contribution 
to Pennant's, 78 
Bull of Pope Martin V. regarding Sel- 
borne priory, 238 
Bustard, particulars regarding the, 72 
Calendars, comparative view of White's 
and Markwick's, 319^330 
Candles, rushes best adapted for, 140 
Carp, supposed torpidity of the, 82 
Castration, singular effects of, 149 
Cat and leveret, anecdote of a, 150 
Cat, squirrels- nurtured by a, 288 
Chapel of Whaddon, account of the, 258 
Chimney-swallow, peculiar habits of 
the, 122 
Cobwebs, extraordinary display of, 136 
Coccus, an insect rarely seen in England, 
180 
Cockchafer,, the, noticed by many Greek 
authors, 55* 
Cockroach, habits of the, 289 
Colour, influence of, on the food of birds, 
269 
Congregation of birds, reasons for the^, 
110 
Copper coins found at Selborne, 201 
Copulation of rooks, 171 
Courage of birds in defence of their 
yoimg, 112 
Cuckoo, nests selected by the, 97 
, why eggs are said not to be hatched 
by the, 147 
Cure for the bite of a viper, 43 
Daws, the nest-building of, 50 
Description of Selborne Church, 204 — 209- 
Dogs, aversion of, to dead game, 188 
, remarks about, 187 
Ducks capable of perching in trees^ 272 
Dusting and washing birds, 102 
Echo, how to produce an, 159 
Echoes, Virgil's notion regarding, 168 
Edward II., anecdote of, 203 
Eels, the island of Ely famous for, 81 
Election of a Prior of Selborne, 236 
Encaustic tiles at Selborne, 245 
Esculent swallow, description of the-, 127 
Experiments upon echoes, results of, 157 
Extraordinary land-slip near Selborne, 
169 
Fair, origin of the, at Selborne, 263 
Fairy-rings, how produced, 8K)2 
Fall of Selborne Priory, 255 
