M

Magpie, 188, 229

Mahomet and a Dust Bath, 136
Man and his Food, 222
Martin, House, 28, 30, 33, 37, 48,
63, 69, 82, 87, 95, 96, 99,
104, 138, 157, 159, 160, 161,
212, 220, 249, 255

Sand, or Bank, 48, 174,
176, 230

May Bug, 95
May-fly, 71

Mezzotint, Inventor of, 26
Mice, Cats, and Dogs, 104

in Harvest-time, 31
Migration of Birds, 68, 69, 70,

74, 76, 82, 87, 89, 133, 137,
138, 139, 141, 142, 143,
144, 146, 165, 166, 167, 186,
213

Milton Mistaken, 192

Miner, the Sand Martin as a, 175
Minnow, 55

Mole Crickets, Habits of, 244
Moles, 270

Monks and the Lamp of Know-
ledge, 215

Moon and Migration of Wood-

Natural History, Attachment of
the Author to, 28

Naturalist's Summer Evening
Walk, 71

Nautili, 8

Nest Building, Skill of Birds in,
258

و

How a House Martin
Builds Its, 161

Nesting Habits of House Mar-
tin, 159

of Swallows, 168
Nests, Sand Martins', Stolen by
Sparrows, 176

of Swallows in Odd Places,
171

Newt, or Eft, Water, 52, 57
Nidification of Birds, 257
Nightingale, 48, 101, 143
Nocturnal Birds, Notes of, 264
Norton Farmhouse, 5

Notes of Birds, 145, 231, 264
Nuthatch, 50, 258

Nuts, Methods of Opening, 258

O

Oak, A Gigantic, 5

Bog, 17, 264

Oaks of Temple and Blackmoor,

Losels Wood, 6

Ornithologist, Qualities Neces-

sary to, 227

Osprey, 97

Ostrich, 129

Otter, 84

Owl, Barn or White, 33, 82, 154

Brown, 33, 156

Eagle, 77

Mytilus Crista Galli, 7

Owls, 231

N

Natives of Selborne, their Char-

acter and Employment, 15

and their Prey, 156

Flight of, 228

Hooting in Different Keys,

145

Oyster, Keeled, 7

Stoat, 43

Stonechat, 99, 110, 138

Summers, Hot, 278
Superstitions, 198, 234

Swallows, 28, 37, 39, 40, 48, 68,
69, 72, 78, 82, 95, 99, 100,

101, 128, 131, 133, 134, 136,
138, 141, 149, 167, 169, 171,
186, 211, 220, 230, 232, 249,
260

Dates of Appearance of
Broods, 28

in a Torpid State, 28
Nests in Odd Places, 171
Swans, 101, 143

Swifts, 30, 33, 48, 72, 78, 96, 99,
100, 136, 178, 183, 220, 230,
249, 250

Waldon Lodge, 22

Walls, Curious Way of Embel-
lishing, 10

Waltham Blacks, 19
Wasps and Fruit, 279
Water Diviners, 199
Ousel, 137

Rat, 31, 77

Waxwing, 36
Weasel, 43, 102
Weather, 266, 267

Effect of, on Fruit, 189
and Migration, 82

Movements of Field-

fares, 140

of Cattle, 147
of Redwings, 140
of Woodcock, 147

Weaver's-down, 10

Well-head, 3

Production of Water

from, 3

Wells, Depth of, at Selborne, 4
Wheat, 174

and Slugs, 211

Wheatear, 39, 99, 109, 110, 138,

165

Whinchat, 99, 109, 110, 138
Whitethroat, 33, 48, 60, 82, 104,
128, 131, 133, 138, 230
Lesser, 105, 259

Widgeon, 25, 33

Wild Duck, 18, 23, 25, 31, 33,
51, 100, 154, 230, 232
Winter, Hard, of 1708-9, 143
Woodcock, 11, 128, 139, 140, 143,
144, 146

Carrying Young, 85, 87
Sluggishness of, 143

Woodlark, 72, 131, 230

Woodpeckers, Race of, 106, 229,

231

Woodpigeon, 112, 114
Wolmer Forest, 4