The natural history of Selborne / by Gilbert White ; with notes by Richard Kearton ; and 123 illustrations from photographs taken direct from nature by Cherry Kearton and Richard Kearton.

  • White, Gilbert, 1720-1793.
Date:
1902, t.p. 1903
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Credit: The natural history of Selborne / by Gilbert White ; with notes by Richard Kearton ; and 123 illustrations from photographs taken direct from nature by Cherry Kearton and Richard Kearton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ferret, 43 Field Crieket, Habits of, 239 Fieldfare, 30, 39, 74, 76, 80, 132, 139, 140, 144 Fieldmouse, Sagacity of, 153 Fires and their Effect on Vege- tation, 21 Firestone, Chemistry of, 9 F''ishes, 50, 64 Food and Cattle, 24 , Gold and Silver, 253 in Forest Ponds, 24 Selborne Streams, 33 Flamingo, 246 Flies, Forest, and Horses, 157 Flight of Birds, 228 House Martins, 161 Swallow, 169 Flocking of Birds, 139 Flocks of House Martins, 162 Flora of Selborne, 223 Fly Bacon, 91 Fly Bot, 92 Flycatcher, 33, 47, 48, 106, 133, 138, 152 Fogs, 203 Food, Hunting for, 148 ——, Barn or White Owls’, 154 ■ of Birds and Migration, 139, 146 of Cuckoo, 137, 203 . of Fieldfares, 140 of Fishes, 254 of Land Tortoise, 138 of Man, 222 of Sand Martin, 176 ■ of Swallow, 170 of Swift, 181, 185 of Woodcock and Snijm, 128 of Young Birds, 129 Forest Stone, its Character and Uses, 10 Forest-s and their Uses, 21 Fossil Shells, 7 Fox, 23 Freestone, Character and Uses of, 8 Frogs, 51, 52 Frost, Effect of, on Eapid Streams, 271 of January, 1768, 42, 268 of 1776, 272 of December, 1784, 295 , Severe, and Birds, 131 Fruit and Heat, 279 Destroyed by Wasps, 279 G Garden Warbler, 48, 259 Geese, 230, 232 Geology of Selborne, 4, 8, 10 German Silktail, 36 Glow-worm, 73 Gnats, 78 Goats, Breathing of, 43 Goatsucker, 48, 65, 68, 95, 104, 204, 230, 231 Goldfinches, 37, 131 Grasses, The Study of, 222 Grasshopper Warbler or Lark, 30, 47, 48, 70, 82, 101 Grasshoppers, 219 Grebe, Little, 230 Greenfinch, 37, 230 Greyhen, 18 Gross-beak, 32 Gypsies, 193 H Hanger, The, 2 Hares, 11, 71, 272, 277 , White, 77 Hawfinch, 32 Hawk, Eing-tail, 204 , Swifts Attacking a, 181 Hawks, 142, 231 and Hirundincs, 152 Haws, 36, 61, 70