— leaves of the elm marked with plague-spots, 89. Empiricism, 235. Entomology, 190. Evaporation from the earth, effect of, 63. Fairfax, general, supposed skeletons of some of his foragers, 11. Fairy rings, 250. Fescue, spines of the hard, bearing no flowers, 77. Fieldfare, the, 181. Flea, the water, 215. Flowers of plants, 52 — pleasures afforded by, 53 — use and application of, 54, 56 — natural love of, 54 — the playthings of children, 55. Fly, the house, 151 — the biting, ibid. — the four-spotted dragon, 192. Flycatcher, the gray, 146. Foxglove, 67. Friendship between birds, instance of, 146, 147. Frost, early, effect of on flowering plants, 276. Fungi, beauties of, 85 — varieties of, 86 — uncertain appearance of, ibid. — mutations of, 87 — agents of decay, 88 — propagation of, 93. Fur of animals, 107. Gallinaceous birds, 172. Gamma moth, the, 210. Ghost moth, 190. Glaucous birthwort, 62. Gleaning, profits of, to the poor, 244 — antiquity of the custom, 245. Glow-worm, the, 207. Gnat, the winter, 189. Goat moth, 202. Goldfinch, the, 166. Grass crops, nature of, in the author’s village, 22 — certain grasses attached to certain soils, 23 — grass balls, 77. Guinea, anecdote of the finding of one, 248. Hair of animals, 106. Hairworm, the clay, 226. Hawk, the sparrow, 144 — the kestrel, ibid. — the hawk-moth, 197. Hay, crops of, method of saving, 25. Hazel-tree, how liable to decay, 90. Hedgehog, the, 96. Hellebore, 52 — its medicinal uses, ibid. Helvella, the mitred, 87. Holly-trees, 247. Hornet, the, 227. Horse, instance of the longevity of one, 127. Hummingbird, hawk-moth, the, 197. Hummings in the air, 250. Hydnum fungus, the beautiful floriform, 87. Ice, cause of its swimming instead of sinking, 271. Industry, profitable fruits of, to an agricultural laborer, 19. Insects entrapped by the snapdragon, 61 — destroyed by the sun-dew, ibid. — by the dogsbane with great suffering, ibid. — paths of, on leaves, 77 — their manner of puncturing, 81 — consumption of, by birds, 124 — but little attended to or studied, 190 — chrysalis of, 191 — speedy methods of killing them, 264 — best mode of preserving specimens, 265. Insensibility to pain, striking instance of, 17. Ivy, 64. Jack Snipe. See Snipe. Jay, the, 133. Kite, the, its numbers greatly on the decline, 158 — extraordinary capture of a number, 158. Labor of the peasantry in the author’s village, profits of, 19. Lady-bird note of a song-thrush, 188. Language of birds, 185. Laurel-tree, the, 89. Leasing. See Gleaning. Life, duration of, 126. Lily, blossoms of, indicative of old of the price of wheat, 174. Lime, 12 — nature and uses of, 13 — its abundance, ibid. — formation and origin of, ibid. — analysis of, 15 — residences upon its soil supposed to be healthy, 17.