Squirrel, visit from a, 10; a dead, 103; fatal fall of, 104; fleas on, 104, 105; his irritable temper, 106; his memory of hidden food, 107
Stag-beetle, "stags and does," 69; in search of a mate, 71; striking a scent, 72; unconscious comedy of the, 74; life remaining in severed head, 75
Starling, note of, 3; his search for cockchafer grubs, 57; his untidy habits, 210; his varied language, 210; increase in his numbers, 303
Stoat, rabbit's helplessness when chased by, 97
Stone-curlews, extermination of, by Hawking Club, 293
Stridulation of grasshoppers, 134; of crickets, 169
Swarraton, White formerly curate of, 289; church at, pulled down, 289; changes in, since White's day, 290; old woman's recollections of mimulus at, 292
Swifts, the, at Selborne, 172, 174; evening gatherings of, 175; on the Itchen, 264; destruction of May flies by, 267
Swinton, A. H., quoted as to _Cicada anglica_, 135
Teal, Wolmer a breeding-place of, 212; his lively disposition, 214, 215
_Thamnotrizon cinereus_ at Selborne, 177; his habits, 178; voice and disposition, 179
_Thomisus citreus_, its habits, 155; its wooing antics, 156
Thrush, young, 55; arum berries eaten by, 298
Turtle-doves in Wolmer, 212; appearance of young, 294
Varieties, racial, in Southern English people, 220
Vegetation by Hampshire streams, 242, 243, 247
Villages, characteristic Hampshire, along the rivers, 243
Wallace, Dr. A. R., as to the cuckoo controversy, 13
Water-keeper on the Itchen, destruction of grebes' nests by, 254; on the Test, his opinion as to dragon-flies, 119
Watson, William, on "world-strangeness," 47
Weasel, the, his place in nature, 7; dreaded by small birds, 94; his fascination-dance, 95; his pursuit of field-vole, 97
White, Gilbert, his strictures on Hampshire churches, 184; his connection with Farringdon, 197; Farringdon yew not mentioned by, 199; vain attempts after reminiscences of, 206; his description of Wolmer Forest, 210; his curacy at Swarraton, 289
Whitethroat attacked by lesser whitethroat, 61
Willughby, his suggestion as to colour, 37
Wine, elderberry, a forgotten vintage, 301
Wolmer Forest, first impression of, 203; colour of streams in, 205; Holly-water Clump in, 209; White's description of, 210; its bird population, 211