INDEX. 283 
Hay* crops of* method of saving, 
25. 
Hazel-tree, how liable to decay, 
90. 
Hedge-hog, the, 96. 
Hellebore, 52 — its medicinal 
uses, ibid. 
Helvetia, the mitred, 87. 
Holly-trees, 247. 
Hornet, the, 227. 
Horse, instance of the longevity 
of one, 127. 
Hummingbird, hawk-moth, the, 
i97. 
Hummings in the air, 250. 
Hydnum fungus, the beautiful 
floriform, 87. 
Ice, cause of its swimming in- 
stead of sinking, 271. 
Industry, profitable fruits of, to 
an agricultural laborer, 19. 
Insects entrapped by the snap- 
dragon, 61 — destroyed by the 
sun-dew, ibid — by the dogs- 
bane with great suffering, ibid, 
—paths of, on leaves, 77 — 
their manner of puncturing, 
81 — consumption of, by birds, 
124 — but little attended to or 
studied, 190 — chrysalis of, 
191 — speedy methods of kill- 
ing them, 264 — best mode of 
preserving specimens, 265. 
Insensibility to pain, striking in- 
stance of, 17. 
Ivy, 64. 
Jack Snipe. See Snipe, 
Jay, the, 133. 
Kite, the, its numbers greatly 
on the decline, 158 — -extraor- 
dinary capture of a number, 
158. 
Lady- bird note of a rong- thrush, 
188. 
Language of birds, 185. 
Laurel-tree, the, 89. 
Leasing. See Gleaning. 
Life, duration of, 126. 
Lily, blossoms of, indicative of 
old of the price of wheat, 174. 
Lime, 12 — nature and uses of, 
13 — its abundance, ibid — for- 
mation and origin of, ibid. — 
analysis of, 15 — residences 
upon its soil supposed to be 
healthy, 17. 
Limekiln, frightful consequen- 
ces of a traveller’s sleeping 
on one, 17. 
Linnet, the, 112. 
Longevity. See Life. 
Magpie, the, 132. 
Manure, picking it from grass 
lands for corn lands, a bad 
practice, 40. 
Maple tree, 79 — the under sides 
of the leaves of, a beautiful 
microscopic object, 80. 
Marten cat, the, 95. 
Maypoles, now seldom seen, 
246. 
Migration of birds, 110. 145. 
Mistletoe, 71. 
Moles, 104 — their sense of 
smelling, 106 — rankness of 
their flesh, 108. 
Morel!, the stinking, 92 — the 
esculent, 94. 
Moth, the ghost, 192 — the hawk, 
197 — the yellow under- wing, 
200 — the gamma, 201 — the 
goat, 202 — the death’s-head, 
222 — the ermine, 243, 
Mouse, the harvest, 99 — the 
water, 101 — the common, 151 
—the meadow, and long-tail- 
ed, ibid. 
Labor of the peasantry in the 
author’s village, profits of, 19. 
Natural affection, 133. 
