Acclimatizing plants and animals, 224
Enanthus (see Wheatear)
Anas (see wood pigeon)
Affection among animals, 137, 160, 183
Africa, migration of birds to, 115, 428
Air, elastic at midnight, 218
Alauda pratensis, rearing young cuckoo,
112, 123
Alice Holt Forest, 1, 25, 496; fallow
deer in, 19, 26; leased by the crown,
25; soil of, 25; timber in, 26
Alton, hollow lane leading to, 11, 319;
manufactures of, 13, 14
American animals, origin of, 77; juni-
pers, 280; water-weed, 338
Amphibious animals, 104
Anathoth, an, 220, 276
Ancient burying ground, 555; vases
found at Chapel Field, 561
Andalusia, birds of, 92, 123; stone
curlew in, 116
220; injured by heat and cold, 278;
eating honey dew, 288; sting of, im-
munity from, 438
Bee bird, 120
Beech, the, 1
Beetles, 183
Belfry of Selborne Church, 475
Bell, Professor, 312
Bells in Selborne Church, 475
Berne, Canon, Prior of Selborne, 531;
provision for, 534
Bezoar stones, 415
Bilberry, creeping or Cranberry, 226
Bin's pond, 21; parsonage, 481
Binstead parish, 26
Birdcatcher, experience of a, 321
Birdcatching, modes of, 350, 352-
355, 364, 386, 410, 417
Birds, without English names, 32, 247;
influenced by colour in choice of
food, 33; of passage, 33; settling
on ships at sea, 44; colour of, in-
fluenced by food, 48, 145, 354; turn-
ing black, 48; of summer passage,
53, 80, 87, 113, 115, 120, 153; in-
stinct of, 78, 96, 138, 161, 266; soft
billed (non-migratory), 81; of winter
passage, 81, 87; wintering in Eng-
land, 81; singing after midsummer,
82, 87, 101; motions of, 83, 106,
228, 397; singing, are all Passeres,
88; in full song till midsummer, 88;
that sing in the spring, 88; with
slight notes, 88; which sing flying,
89; with a song, 89; some tame,
others shy, 89; breeding early, 89; in
Ascension Island, 89; of Andalusia,
92, 116, 123; singing during incuba-
tion, 93; fatten in frosts, 101; pair-
ing of, 103, 397, 433; migration of, in-
fluenced by the weather, 103, 105,397;
food of, 105, 108; colour of, changing
at breeding time, 106; thick-billed,
106; transport of, on board ship,
108, 401; collections of, contain few
soft-billed birds, 108; washing, 111;
that dust do not wash, 111; which
are pulveratrices, 111; migration of,
to Africa, 115, 428; of prey, 120,
168; migration of, over the sea, 121;
swarms of different varieties, 132;
singing in spring and autumn, 169 ;
drinking, 170; growth of, 184; con-
gregating, 191; dispersion of, 223;
destroyed while migrating, 223;
notes and language of, 230; migra-
tion of, 320; of Sussex, collection
of, 323; frightened at gloves, 367;
arrival of, 370; seen at Kimberley,
Norfolk, 371; seen at Zoological
Gardens, London, 373; moulting,
377; English, exported to New
Zealand, 401; soft-billed, caught in
April, 408; English, in Africa,
428; migratory, leaving the South
Coast, 429
Bird's-nest ophrys, 227
Bittern, 368
Black act, the, 19
Blackbird, 49, 386; killed by frost,
284; nest of, made with paper, 371;
nest of, ornamented with lace, 378;
note of, 379; pugnacity of, 380
Blackcap, 32, 36, 93, 154, 172, 381;
arrival of, 33, 381; food of, 172, 381;
note of, 172; eggs of, 381; nest of,
381
Black death, the, 454
Black dolphin, 125
Black canons, 487
Black game at Selborne, 16
Blackmoor farm, 560; curious custom
at, 21
Black rat, old English, 343
Blindworm, 57
Blossoming of plants, 227
Blue-bottle flies, 413
Blue rag, 10
Boa constrictor, 362, 375
Boars, wild, in Wolmer Forest, 26
Boars, fierce, tamed by losing their
tusks, 206
Bogs in Wolmer Forest, 14, 273
Bohemian chatterer, 38
Bohemian waxwing, 33
Booby, the, 89
Books in White's library, 313
Botany, its utility, 224
Botfly, horse, 71, 125, 413
Bower bird, 379
Boy bee-eater, 120
Brain of horse, 437
Brambling, greater, 91
Breathing of deer, 45; goats, 46
Brighton, fall of cliffs at, 28; bustards
at, 113, 406
Brimstone Lodge, 21
Bristowe, D., Vicar of Selborne, be-
quests of, 484
Brooks and springs at Selborne, 23
Buck, head of, 64
Buckland, Frank, birth of, 312; Rev.
J., Rector of Warborough, 312
Buffalo, wild, in Wolmer Forest, 26
Bug, harvest, 124
Bullfinch turning black, 48, 145, 354
Bullhead, 35
Bulrush caterpillar of New Zealand,
Cats, 208; fond of fish, 104, 394;
catching swifts on the wing, 183;
suckling a leveret, 209; suckling a
squirrel, 209, 395; eating crickets,
245; electric, 286; at Selborne, nu-
merous, 322; catching swallows, 322;
and rabbits, hybrid between, 336;
in rabbit holes, 394; half tame,
half wild, 395
Cattle frequenting the water, 23; in-
jured by eating yew, 349, 478
Chafers destroying foliage of trees, 123;
varieties of, 369; fern, 71, 130, 170
Chaffinch, 41, 49, 350; separation of
sexes, 41, 117, 145; food of, 95;
two varieties of, 351; taming, 351;
song of, 353
Chaffinches hen, flock of, 41, 117;
migration of, 41
Chalkhills, beautiful, 152
Chantry, what is a, 505
Chapelfield, 494, 546, 561; antiquities
found at, 561
Charadrius himantopus (stilt plover?)
247; oedienemus (see Stone-curlew)
Chiff-chaff, 49, 138, 355, 356
"Chinky-chank (see Chiff-chaff)
Chimney Swallow (see Swallow, chim-
ney)
Chlora perfoliata (see Yellow wort)
Cholera and flies, 414
Choughs Cornish, 112, 144, 425
Chrysomela oleracea (see Turnip fly)
Church at Selborne, 317, 466; exterior
of, 475; built out of the eastward
position, 477; yards, 476; trees in,
origin of, 480
Churches, scarcity of in Sussex, 68
Churn owls (see Fern owls)
Churr worm (see Mole cricket)
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Opposite Golden Saxifrage)
Claws of heron, 69, 368
Clay's Pond, fossils at, 8
Clock made by General Howe, 25
Cobwebs, shower of, 189, 435
Coccus vitis viniferæ, 259
Coins found in Wolmer pond, 24, 339,
461, 559, 562
Cold injurious to vegetation, 277
Colour influencing birds' choice of
food, 33; of birds influenced by
food, 48; of birds in pairing time,
106
Columba livia (blue rock pigeon), 254
Coluber natria (English snake), 57
Colymbus glacialis (see Diver, or loon)
Comarium palustre (see Marsh cinque-
foil)
Comb, kept for the use of hinds,
524
Conduit wood, 545
Cormorant, 368
Cornish choughs, 112, 144, 425
Corn mill at Selborne, 547
Cornua Ammonis, 8
Corrodies, meaning of, 513
Corvus monedula (see Jackdaw)
Country-made candles, 194
Cow's horn, structure of, 420
Cows congregating, 191
Crabs used for hunting rabbits, 334;
man's hand seized by, 349
Cranmer lake, 22
Cressi Hall heronry, 69, 73
Cricket, eggs of, 240; field, 240; sex
of, 241; wings of, 241, 244, 246;
chirping of, 241, 242; fen (see Cricket,
mole); mole, 241, 245; house, 243;
tame, 243; food of, 244; habits of,
214; to destroy, 245; nest and eggs
of, 246; chewing the cud, 247; ery
of, 248
Cross bills, 35, 112, 155, 345
Cyprinus auratus (gold fish,) 263
Crow, 144; grey or hooded, 170, 432
Cuckoo, 95, 382; choosing a nest, 94,
382; eggs of, 96, 102; skimming
flight of, 112; food of, 112, 123;
in nest of tit-lark, 112, 123; reared
by Alauda pratensis, 112, 123;
sings in different keys, 127; when
it sings, hawks do not prey on other
birds, 185; anatomy, 203; why it
does not hatch eggs, 203, 204; in
London, 374; reared by sparrows,
382; young of turning other birds
out of nest, 383; notes of, 384
Cuckoo, pint, the, 49
Curlew, stone (see Stone curlew)
Dove-ring (see Ring-dove); Stock (see
Stock-dove)
Dover burnt by the French, 498
Dove, stock, 252; house, 252; derived
from blue-rock pigeon, 254; ring,
reared by pigeons, 256; and pigeons,
cross between, 256; house at Sel-
borne Priory, 544, 547
Downs, South, 152; sheep on the, 152
Dragonfly, 112, 165
Dress of canons in 1387, protest of
Bishop Wykeham against, 514
Drinking, mode of, in deer and horses,
Drosera rotundifolia (round-leaved
sundew), 226; longifolia, 226
Ducks, wild, 23, 35; in Wolmer Fo-
rest, 15; King of Denmark's, found
in England, 121; rearing of, 406
Dung of cattle, food for fish, 23
Daker-hen (see Landrail)
Danewort, 227
Daphne laureola (springe laurel);
Megereum (Megeron) 226
Daw (see Jackdaw)
Daws, breeding places of, 66, 365
Deafness of Gilbert White, 187
Death, Black, the, 454; the end of all,
321
Decay of Selborne Priory, 525
Deeds dated on Sunday, 506
Deer, fallow (see Fallow deer); forests,
management of, 328; moose (see
Moose Deer); red (see Red Deer);
hunting, 16; killing a dog, 19
Deer, breathing spiracula of, 45, 331;
stealers, 18, 26
Desecration of Communion Tables,
514, 515
Destruction of martins, 151
Destructive frosts, 45, 277, 281, 284
Dew collected by trees, 200
Disease in cattle, caused by Estrus
bovis, 71
Diver or loon, 82; gait of, 83
Doe, brought up with cows, 191; tame,
chased by dogs, 192
Dog, Chinese, 271; eating vegetables,
271
Dogs, killed by deer, 19; blinded by
cobwebs, 189; Chinese, 271; of South
America dumb, 271; ears of, 271;
fed on vegetables, 271; refusing
to eat birds that they hunt, 272
Eagle, migration of, 120
Early-breeding birds, 89
Earthquakes in Sicily, 289
Earthworms, 210, 449: anatomy of,
450; uses of, 450
Echoes, 217, 220, 275, 456; repeating
ten syllables, 217; described by Ovid,
217; rules of, 218; described by
Virgil, 219; injurious to bees, 219;
destroyed by intervening objects, 220;
a place of, 220, 276; to make, 221:
described by Lucretius, 221; at
Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's, and
Gloucester cathedral, 456
Edward II. in Wolmer Forest, 465
Edward III. in Wolmer Forest, 466
Eels, 22, 35; breeding of, 54, 167; two
species of, 167; how to catch, 346;
large, 346
Eft, 55 water, larva of land-eft, 55
Eggs, of carp, number of, 338; in larvæ
of insects, 60
Elder, dwarf, 227
Electricity, 291
Elephant, tusk of, growth of, 334; in-
jured by bullet, 335; tormented by
rats, 345; tormented by flies, 414;
note of, 424
Elk, European, 100, 387
Elms, broad-leaved or wych hazel,
large, 5; common, 325
Emberiza miliaria (bunting), 352
Emberiza nivalis (snowflake), 352
Entomology, 73, 126
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