INDEX. 
415 
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Oolaen oriole I«i9 
wren 64 
Gossamer 179 
Grasshopper-bird 25, 45, 88, 104 
Gray flycatcher 25,30,38,48,1 08, 131 , 1 48 
Grebe, little, or dabchick, 213 
greater and lesser creste-l 272 
Gregariousness of animals . . 145, ISl 
Great bat 73.84,98 
speckled diver 270 
„ tit Ill, 112, 195, 249 
Greenfinch, or green grosbeak . . 212 
Green lizard 58, 70, 73 
wren 25, 63, 88 
Grosbeak, green 212 
haw 28, 154, 279 
Grouse, black 13 
hybrid , 267 
„ red 14 
Grove pettychaps 25, 63, 88 
Growth of trees 296 
Guinea fowl 265 
Gypsies 182 
Hare, common 251 
,, mountain 82 
Hart or stag 14, 23 
Harvest mite 95 
mouse 32, 39, 105 
Harrier, common 104, 211, 270 
Hawfinch, or haw grosbeak 28, 154, 279 
Hawks 214 
Hawk-sparrow 104, 216 
Haws 33 
Heath fires, and their effects .... 17 
Hedge dunnock 105, 110, 129 
Hedgehog 85 
Hedge-sparrow 105, 110, 129 
Heliotrope 216 
Henharrier 104, 211, 270 
Heron 72, 212 
Holt 19, 21 
Honey buzzard 133, 236 
„ dew 256, 304 
Hooded crow 141 
Hoopoe 28, 139 
Hops 3, 290 
Horse 181, 281, 289 
Hound 281 
House cricket 222, 286 
„ martin 30, 69, 88, 92,99, 1 00, 102, 
106,152,161,177,229,235,238,276 
„ sparrow .... 89, 105, 153. 284 
„ swallow24, 34, 74, 88,99,102,104 
128,138,145,177,197,214,241.276 
Howler, European 82 
Humming-bird hawkmoth 288 
Humming in the air 284 
Hybernation of swallows (sup- 
posed) 24, 30, 34, 69, 100, 139, 146, 
159, 198, 229 
Hybrid bird 15, 267 
Ichneumon flies 290 
Idiot boy 185 
Indian grass 73 
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Infra-orbital cavities in deer and 
antelopes 41 
Insects, noxious 95 
„ parasitic, on the swallow 
tribe 152 
observations on 283 
„ wood boring 285 
Instinct 192,237,267 
Ireland, productions of 112 
Ivy killed by severe frost 255 
„ berries 299 
Jackdaw 69, 70, 211 
Jay 212 
Jumper mouse 26, 149, 238 
Kestrel falcon 211, 263 
Kingfisher 212 
Kinglet, golden crowned 38, 51, 109,124 
Kites 211, 263 
Lampreys 29, 60 
Landrail 9, 268 
Land slip 218 
,, springs, called lavants .... 166 
Lapwings 103 
Larks 157, 212, 213, 269 
„ sky 133, 251, 261, 212 
„ tit . . 103, 125, 126, 141, 213, 262 
„ wood 7d, 105, 128, 213 
Lavants (land springs so called) 166 
Leaves, Oider of falling 296 
,, renovation of 298 
Leprosy 199 
I^esser whitethroat 108, 239 
Lime blossoms 299 
Linnets , 36, 128, 137 
Lizards 57 
,, green .... , 70, 73 
Loach 61 
Locustelle 25, 46, 88, 104 
Loon 213 
London fog (mist so called) 304 
Longevity of a sow 194 
Long-eared bat 30 
Long-legged plover 226 
Longlegs ftipulcBj 291 
Long-tailed tit, or bottle tit .... Ill 
Macro glossa stQllatarum 288 
Magpies 89, 178, 212, 265 
Management of bees 248 
Marsh tit 106, 111, 112 
Martin 30, 69, 88, 92, 99, 100, 102, 106, 
152, 161, 177, 229, 235, 238, 376 
May-fly CephemeraJ 78, 287 
Meadow campagnol 26 
„ crake 9, 268 
pipit 25, 213, 261 
Melolontha (or scardbceus) falls . . 75 
Meteorological observations .... 303 
Mezzotinto engraving 21 
Migration 35, 37, 38, 67, 74, 88, 99. 117, 
129, 131, 139, 140, 143. 159 
Migratory birds, ranged in the 
order of their appearance 49 
Miller's thumb, or river bullhead 29 
Minnow roach 60 
