INDEX.

ABORIGINES of the neighbourhood, 180.
Ants, industry of, 154.

instincts of, 155.

Apis manicala, nest of, 282.

Apples, kinds of, cultivated round the village, 285.
April, new constellations in, 72.

-, farming business in, 73.

Autumn seeds, construction of, 300, 301.

-, dispersion of, 302, 303.

Autumnal foliage, beauty of, 321.

change of, 322.

Bat, wonderful construction of, 20, 21.

Bean-garden, 47.

Bee, common, enemy of, 242.

humble, anecdotes of, 233-238.

construction of, 177.

Beech-tree, natural history of, 184-188.
finest specimens, where, 185.

Birds, movement of, in August, 227.

language of, 55—57.

sing through the year, 166, 167.

singing of, how produced, 161–166.

affection towards their young, 129–136.

what kinds of, seen round the village, 5-10.

Bird, lady, 256, 257.

Botanical clock, 264.

Bramble, 202.

Butterflies, different kinds of, white, marble, brown, blues, 253.

latest sorts of, 281.

Butterfly, brimstone, when first seen, 63, 64.

Canary, 350.

Caterpillars, geometer, descent from trees, 188, 189.

Chickweed, 339.

Chrysalis, a, how disengaged from the earth, 143.

Cirencester, anciently Corinium, 181.

Clothing trade carried on in the village, 218.

Clouds, remarks on, 96-104.

Columnar forms, where seen, 277.

Commemorative flowers, 263.

Constellations, prominent ones in November, 336.

, new, visible in March, 50.

Corn, grain of, 48.

Corn-flower, 265.

Cottage, visit to a, 259.

Cricket, 349.

Crickets, field, pleasing sound of, 244.

Cross-bill, where found, 11.

Crow, Royston, 342.

Crystals of snow and hoar-frost, 13.

Cuckoo, 90-92.

pint eaten by thrushes, 340.

Curlew, 342.

Daisy, description of, 27.

Day and night, contrast between, 249.

December, instructions to be derived from, 337.

, plants common in, 338-341.

Demoralizing effect of rural festivities, 148.

Dobuni, who they were, 181.

Dovedale, progressive vegetation in, 34.

Ducks, wild, where seen in the neighbourhood, 324.

Ephemera, common, evening dances of, 159.
Esculents, introduction of, 289–292.

February, birds that build in, 30.

rains of, beneficial, 24.

flowers and constellations of, 26.

Ferns in the neighbourhood of the village, 212-214.

Fieldfares, arrival of, 290.

Fish, wonderful construction of, 333, 334.

Flowers, wild, in the neighbourhood of the village, 205–211.
calendar of, in March, 50-54.

in April, 89, 90.

in May, 125.

in June,

in July, 255.

in August, 263.

in September, 306–310.

in October, 315, 316.

in November, 327.

Forget-me-not, origin of the name, 267.

Frost, effects of, 335, 336.

Fungi, different kinds of, where seen, 314-316.

Hare, remarks on the, 78.

Harvest-field, 262.

Harvest-home, 276.

Harvest-mice, where found, 269.

Hatton-hall, 137.

Hay-making, 172.
Hedge-hog, 38.

Hen and her chickens, 117.
Hesiod, his rules for rural life, 72.

Hirundines, care for their young, 141.

migration of, remark on, 294.
departure of, from Britain, 293.

noises of, 161.

habitations of, 228-232.

January, singing birds in, 5.

constellations visible in, 19.

June, morning and evening walk in, 169, 170.

Ivy, its uses, 318.

Kidney-bean, when first seen in the village, 289.
Kingfisher, where seen, 280.

mode of fishing, 281.

Ladybird, 256.

Lambs, 54.

Language of birds, 55.

Leaves, opening of, 65, 66.

how constructed, 67-69.

Linnæus, advice to his countrymen, 69, 70.

Linton, glow-worm at, 246, 247.

Luxuries for the cottager, 268.

March, new constellations visible in, 50.
flowers now open in, 50-54.

Martin nest, how constructed, 137, 138.
--sand, nest of, 140.

remarks on the, (an animal,) 88.

May, new constellations in, 124.

migratory birds that arrive in, 125–129.
husbandry business in, 151.

Meadow-saffron, wonderful construction of, 307.
Meadow-saffron, 306.

Metamorphosis of caterpillars, remarks on, 254.

Migratory birds that arrive in April, 88–94.

Migrations of the swallow tribe, by whom noticed, 106, 107,
Mole, 37.

Mole-cricket, 157, 158.
Moonlight scene, 249.

Moth gamma, where seen, 255.

-, great goat, 144.

Mosses, 33, 34.
Maple, 200.

Natural calendar suggested by Linnæus, 69.
Nest of the long-tailed titmouse, 115.

willow wren, 115.

Nests, different situations of, 109-111.

beautiful construction of, 111, 112.

Nightingale, 88-90.

Night, insects that fly by, 243.

Northern regions chiefly visited by wild fowl, 324.

remarks on, 325.

November, flowers in, 327.

--, new constellations in, 336.

pleasures of, 328.

insect tribes, security of, in, 330.
some few animals hibernate in, 331.

Observations, concluding, 351-353.
October, natural appearance in, 312, 313.