All day they ply their task; with mutual chat,
Beguiling each the sultry, tedious hours.
Around them falls in rows the sever'd corn,
Or the shocks rise in regular array.
But when high noon invites to short repast,
Beneath the shade of sheltering thorn they sit,
Divide the simple meal, and drain the cask :
The swinging cradle lulls the whimpering babe,
Meantime ; while growling round, if at the tread
Of hasty passenger alarm'd, as of their store
Protective, stalks the cur with bristling back,
To guard the scanty scrip and russet frock.
Aphides, emigration of, 181
CALENDARS, comparative view of White's
and Markwick's, 319-330
Candles, rushes best adapted for, 140
Carp, supposed torpidity of the, 82
Castration, singular effects of, 149
Cat and leveret, anecdote of a, 150
Cat, squirrels nurtured by a, 288
Chapel of Whaddon, account of the, 258
Chimney-swallow, peculiar habits of
the, 122
Cobwebs, extraordinary display of, 136
Ashforde, the last Prior of Selborne, 255 Coccus, an insect rarely seen in England,
Aurora-borealis, 305
BANK-MARTIN, burrowed nests of the,
128
Barometrical observations at Selborne,
190
Bat, new kind of, discovered, 76
singular species of, first noticed by
White, 76
Bavaria, general extermination of game
in, 18
Beans and Peas sown by birds, 301
Belfry of Selborne church, 207
Bin's pond, disappearance of, 20
Birds, beans and peas sown by, 301
how supported during the winter
months, 83
infested by insects, 116
of prey, rapacity of, when hungry,
singular social habits of, 66
that sing whilst flying, 95
varied motions of, 164
Bishop Farmer's account of Selborne
Priory, 259
Blind worm, controversy regarding the
habits of the, 44
Bohemian wax-wing, occasional visits
of the, 31
Breeding properties of the cuckoo, 99
Brood-hens, revenge of, upon a sparrow-
hawk, 168
Bridge, ancient, at Selborne, 258
"British Zoology," White's contribution
to Pennant's, 78
Bull of Pope Martin V. regarding Sel-
borne priory, 238
Bustard, particulars regarding the, 72
Fallow-deer, breathing apparatus of, 35 | Hunting
-, error respecting, 35
Familiarity of birds, 95
Family tortoise, more particulars re-
garding the, 265
Fattening of animals during moderate
frosts, 99
Fern-fowl, flying powers of the, 77
Fern-owl, or goat-sucker, habits of the,
280
Field-cricket, habits of the, 171
Fieldfares, roosting-places of, 64
Fish in Selborne streams, 27
Hybrid pheasant, description of a, 273
ICHNEUMON-FLY, services rendered by
the, 293
Idiot boy, anecdote of an, 143
Insects and vermes, observations on,
287-297
Insects greedily eaten by various fowls,
Instinct, singular illustrations of, 185
Ireland, ornithology of, by Thompson, 85
Fly-catcher, singular characteristic of John Moreton's election to Selborne
the, 25
Food of the ring-dove, 276
required by gold and silver fish, 182
Forest or sand-stone, 9
Fossil shells in the neighbourhood of
Selborne, 7
trees in Woolmer Bottoms, 14
wood in Woolmer Forest, 189
Fowls, partiality for devouring wasps,
Fox, singular death of a, 273
Freestone, use and application of, 8
GAME, extermination of, in Bavaria, 18
Garden cultivation, benefits resulting
from, 155
Geological formations at Selborne, 2
Gilbert White's poems, 334-337
Glow-worms not always luminous, 296
Goat-sucker, habits of the, described, 280
singular powers of the, 52
Gold and silver fish, habits of, 182
Grange at Selborne, court-leets held in
the, 263
Grasshopper-lark, habits of the, 40
Great speckled diver, or loon, descrip-
tion of the, 277
Grosbeak, food of the, 285
KITE'S HILL, singular custom regarding,
Knights Templars, the, at Shelborne, 226
Kuckalm the ornithologist, 102
LANGUAGE of birds, the, 166
Land-rail, habits of the, 275
Landsprings of Sussex, &c., 126
Land-tortoise at Ringmer, 104, 111, 122
Leprosy, causes of the disappearance
of, 155
singular case of, 154
Linnæus on the rock-swallow, 70
Loach, description of the, 45
Long-legged plover, singular construction
of the, 176
Lucretius on echoes, 159
MAGPIES, thrushes frequently attacked
by, 271
Manor-house of Selborne, 263
Markwick's comments upon Gilbert
White's observations, 269-305
Meteorological observations, 303
Migration of birds, remarks upon the,
Guinea-fowls, singular roosting-place of, Migratory habits of frogs, 42
Gypsies, anecdotes of, 139
HARVEST-BUG and other insects, habits
of, 73
Harvest-mouse, singular nest of the, 30
Heath-cock, extirpation of the, 15
Hedgehog, habits of the, 63
Heliotropes, simple mode of construct-
ing, 168
Hen-partridges, extraordinary instinct
of, 273
Historical records of Selborne, 220-225
Hollow lanes, description of two rocky,
Honey-buzzard, habits of the, 86
Honey-dew injurious to trees, 304
Hoopoe, portrait of the, 27
Hounds at fault in Hartley Wood, 286
House-cricket, peculiarities of the, 174
House-martin, domestic habits of the,
117-120
-, mysterious disappearances of the,
migratory or hybernatory, 77
winter search for, 179
Monuments in Selborne church, 207
Moose-deer, description of a, 65
NATURAL affections of the feathered
tribes, 112, 114, 134
Naturalist's calendar, preface to the,
315-318
summer evening walk, the, 57
Nest of the harvest mouse, 30
chosen by the cuckoo, 97
the house-martin's mode of build-
ing its, 117
Nidification of woodcocks and field-fares,
105
Nightingale and cuckoo, musical tones
of the, 109
Nose-flies troublesome to horses, 293
Nuthatch or jar-bird, the, 40
OAKS, singular group of, 6
Observations from Mr. Gilbert White's
MSS., 269
on insects and vermes, 287-297
on quadrupeds, 285
on vegetables, 298-302
Old coins found near Selborne, 241
Otter found at Selborne, 67
Ousels, doubts regarding the habits of, Scopoli's works, White's opinion of, 68,
48, 50, 60, 68, 77, 78
Owls, musical pitch of, 108
PEACOCKS, difference between the train
and tail of, 75
Pennant, White's first letters addressed
to, 1
Peregrine falcon, account of the, 27, 186
Peter Berne elected Prior of Selborne,
242; resigns his office, 243; re-elected,
246; his second resignation, 247; his
poverty, 249
Peter de la Roche, account of, 214
Piers Plowman, prophecy of, 239
Plants, flowering propensities of, 163
Poems by Gilbert White, 334-337
Population of Selborne in 1783, 11
Ponds, natural economy of, 21
Prediction of Piers Plowman, 240
Presentiment, existence of a singular, at
Selborne, 263
Procreation of toads and frogs, 41
Propensity of fowls to perch a distance
from the ground, 272
Priors of Selborne, how chosen, 229; list
of the, 250
Priory church at Selborne, remains of
the, 262
Priory of Selborne, antiquity of the, 214;
benefactresses to the, 228
QUADRUPEDS, observations on, 285
Queen Anne at Wolmer forest, 16
RABBITS, turf improved by, 285
Rain, large falls of, at Selborne, 11
Rapacity of birds of
prey, 277
Raven tree, the, and its inhabitants, 6
Red deer, Wolmer forest formerly inha-
bited by, 16
Relics in Selborne priory, 241
Ring-dove, food of the, 276
Rivulet at Selborne, antiquity of the,
Rooks, curious proceedings of, 189
social habits of, 270
Rock-swallow, discovery of the, by John
White, 71
Ruptures, superstitious cure for, 144
Rushes best suited for burning in
candles, 141
SAGACITY of birds, remarkable instances
of the, 113, 271
Sand-martins, inferential torpidity of,
Sand-piper, migratory habits of the, 48
Scotland, defective maps of, 85
Seal used by the Priors of Selborne, 265
Selborne a Šaxon village, 202
church, description of, 204
Severe winters of 1776 and 1784, 193, 195
Sexual distinction of birds by their
colour, 101
Sheep, difficulty of recognition among,
Shell-snails devoured by thrushes, 271
Shower of aphides at Selborne, 295
Shrew-mouse, former cruel treatment
of the, 145
Singing-birds at Selborne, list of, 93
general remarks upon, 96
Sir Adam Gurdon, historical sketch of,
218, 220
Sloughing of snakes, 297
Snakes, singular mode of protection
adopted by, 59
Snow-fleck, habits of the, 61
Soils of Holt and Wolmer forests, differ-
ent nature of the, 22
Sparrow-hawks, daring conduct of, 86
Spiders, remarks concerning, 137
Spotted fly-catcher, ingenuity of a, 113
Squirrels suckled by a cat, 286
Stepe, formerly Prior of Selborne, 242
Stone coffin found at Selborne, 247
Stock-doves, discussion concerning, 87
Stone-curlews, migration of, at night, 279
winter habits of, 38
Summer birds of passage at Selborne,
history of, 40, 90
Sussex Downs, geological formation of,
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