INDEX 
341 
Observations from Mr. Gilbert White's 
MSS., 269 
on insects and vermes, 287 — 297 
on quadrupeds, 285 
on vegetables, 298—302 
Old coins found near Selborne, 241 
Otter found at Selborne, 67 
Ousels, doubts regarding the habits of, 
48, 50, 60, 68, 77, 78 
Owls, musical pitch of, 108 
Peacocks, difference between the train 
and tail of, 75 
Pennant, White's first letters addressed 
to, 1 
Peregrine falcon, account of the, 27, 186 
Peter Berne elected Prior of Selborne^ 
242 ; resigns his oflSce, 243 ; re-elected, 
246 ; his second resignation, 247 ; his 
poverty, 249 
Peter de la Roche, account of, 214 
Piers Plowman, prophecy of, 239 
Plants, flowering propensities of, 163 
Poems by Gilbert White, 334—337 
Population of Selborne in 1783, 11 
Ponds, natural economy of, 21 
Prediction of Piers Plowman, 240 
Presentiment, existence of a singular, at 
Selborne, 263 
Procreation of toads and frogs, 41 
Propensity of fowls to perch a distance 
from the ground, 272 
Priors of Selborne, how chosen, 229 ; list 
of the, 250 
Priory church at Selborne, remains of 
the, 262 
Priory of Selborne, antiquity of the, 214 ; 
benefactresses to the, 228 
Quadrupeds, observations on, 285 
Queen Anne at Wolmer forest, 16 
Rabbits, turf improved by, 285 
Rain, large falls of, at Selborne, 11 
Rapacity of birds of prey, 277 
Raven tree, the, and its inhabitants, 6 
Red deer, Wolmer forest formerly inha- 
bited by, 16 
Relics in Selborne priory, 241 
Ring-dove, food of the, 276 
Rivulet at Selborne, antiquity of the, 
258 
Rooks, curious proceedings of, 189 
, social habits of, 270 
Rock -swallow, discovery of the, by John 
White, 71 
Ruptures, superstitious cure for, 144 
Rushes best suited for burning in 
candles, 141 
Sagacity of birds, remarkable instances 
of the, 113, 271 
Sand-martins, inferential torpidity of, 
282 
Sand-piper, migratory habits of the, 48 
Scotland, defective maps of, 85 
Seal used by the Priors of Selborne, 265 
Selborne a Saxon village, 202 
church, description of, 204 
Selborne fair, origin of, 263 
, list of rare plants found near, 162 
, locality of the parish of, 1 
Priors, Ust of, 250 
priory, history of, 214 — 217 
, suppressed by Pope InnocentVIII. , 
255 
Scopoli's works. White's opinion of, 68, 
69, 71, 101, 102 
Severe winters of 1776 and 1784, 193, 195 
Sexual distinction of birds by their 
colour, 101 
Sheep, difficulty of recognition among, 
after shearing, 285 
Shell-snails devoured by thrushes, 271 
Shower of aphides at Selborne, 295 
Shrew-mouse, former cruel treatment 
of the, 145 
Singing-birds at Selborne, list of, 93 
, general remarks upon, 96 
Sir Adam Gurdon, historical sketch of, 
218, 220 
Sloughing of snakes, 297 
Snakes, singular mode of protection 
adopted by, 59 
Snow-fleck, habits of the, 61 
Soils of Holt and Wolmer forests, differ- 
ent nature of the, 22 
Sparrow-hawks, daring conduct of, 86 
Spiders, remarks concerning, 137 
Spotted fly-catcher, ingenuity of a, 113 
Squirrels suckled by a cat, 286 
Stepe, formerly Prior of Selborne, 242 
Stone coflin found at Selborne, 247 
Stock-doves, discussion concerning, 87 
Stone-curlews, migration of, at night, 279 
, winter habits of, 38 
Summer birds of passage at Selborne, 
history of, 40, 90 
Sussex Downs, geological formation of, 
120 
Swallows, alleged torpidity of, 24 
, anecdotes of, 125 
, concealment of, during the winter, 
111 
, congregating and disappearance 
of, 283 
Swift, details regarding the habits of 
the, 130—134 
, singular anecdote regarding the, 
179 
Tame bat, description of a, 28 
Toads, alleged cure of cancers by means 
of, 46, 50 
, popular errors regarding, 42 
, Sir Joseph Banks on, 42 , 
Tortoise, death of the old Sussex. 178 (C-^j . 
Trees, condensing powers of, 145 
Vase, antique, found at Selborne priory, 
262 
Vegetables, observations on, 298, 302 
Vegetation, neglected study of, 161 
Vicars of Selborne, history of, 211 
Vipers, a batch of young, 148 
, remedy for the bite of, 43. 
Wagtails, singular practices of, 284 
