342 
INDEX. 
Watson and Brimstone lodges, ancient 
custom regarding, 19 
Waltham blacks, hunting propensities 
of the, 17 
Wasps, food of, 292 
Water-newt, habits of the, 43 
Water-rat, anecdote of a, 62 
Water-rats, not all web-footed, 26 
Water produced by trees, 145 
Weather, observations regarding the, 
191—200 
, summary of the, fi*bm 1768 to 1792, 
308—312 
"Well-head," description of the spring 
called, 3 
Whaddon, account of the chapel of, 258 
White, John, a correspondent of Lin- 
naeus, 70 
White's letters first addressed to Pen- 
nant, 1. 
opinion of Scopoli's works, 68, 69, 
71, 101, 102 
White owls, peculiarities of,, 115 
rooks, rarity of, 37 
Wild bees near Lewes, 292 
boars in the New Forest, 23 
William Thompson's "Ornithology of 
Ireland," 85 
Willow-wren, or chiff-chaffs, opinions 
regarding, 280 '-^ 
Winter birds of passage at Selborne, 91 
Wolmer forest,, description of, 14 
pond, extent of, 21 
Woodchat, rarity of the, 60 
Worms, services rendered by, 152 
Wrens, various kinds of, 39 
Wryneck, long tongue of the, 284 
Wych elm, or hazel, at Selborne, 4 
Wykeham of Winchester at Selborne, 
231, 235 
Yew-berries, poisonous effects of, 209 
Yew-tree leaves, animals poisoned by 
eating, 209 
in Selborne churchyard, 209 
Yellow wagtail, mistake regarding the, 
33 
Young rats suckled by a cat, 151 
THE END. 
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. 
