— the banded, 231 — the halotideus, 238. Snakes, eggs of, 208 — harmlessness of, 209 — general aversion to, 210. Snapdragon, peculiarities of, 60 — an insect trap, ibid, 62. Snipe, the jack, its habits, 176 — supposed the male of the larger snipe, 178. Snowdrop, the, 69 — a melancholy flower, 70. Soil, of the parish in which the author resides, 12 — various sorts of, 20 — analysis of, useless, ibid. — picking soil off grass lands a bad custom, 40. Song of birds. See Birds. Sparrow, the hedge, 109 — the common, 149. Spottings, on apples, 255 — on strawberry leaves, 257. Starling, the common, 139 — the brown, 142. Steaming of the earth, 269. Stinking phallus, the, 92. Stormy petrel, the, 135. Strontian, 16. Sulphur butterfly, 74. Sun-dew, destructive to insects, 61. Superstition, 222, 230. Swallows, their nests, 123 — killed in wanton sport, 155. Sycamore tree, singularity of its leaves, 89. Teasel, its cultivation, 35 — its profits, 37 — its uses, 39. Thorn, the white, uniform in its blossoming, 145. Thrush, the solitary, 142 — the common, 147 — the missel, 175 — song of, 188. Timidity of animals, 176. Tokens. See Prognostications. Tom-tit, or titmouse, the little blue, rewards for the destruction of, 117 — perishes in severe winters, 118 — the long-tailed, 120 — instance of its intelligence in the care of its young, 124. Traveller’s joy, name given to the wild clematis, 81. Trees, attractors of humidity, 48 — condense fogs, 49 — verdure beneath, ibid — mischief of pollarding them, 267. Tree-creeper, the, 167. Turnip, singularly decorated one, as a holiday amusement, 247. Uredo, the two-fronted, a substance attached to the leaves of the laurel, 89. Vermin, parish reward for the destruction of, 117. Vervain, 71 — respect paid of old to this plant, ibid. — its supposed powers and qualities, 72. Village clubs, 57. Wagtail, yellow, the, 168. Wald, or wold, the dyers’ weed so called, 72. Want, the, 104. Wasp, the common, 199 — the solitary, 226 — its nest, ibid. Water, stagnated and putrescent, favorable for the residence of insects, 215. Water-flea, 216. Water shrew, 102. Wheat, crops of, method of saving, 26. Wheatear, the, 154. Whirly pits, what, 252. Willow tree, 269. Winds and weather, old tokens of, 174, 180 — saline winds a supposed cause of blight, 254. Winter, the season of, depicted 270. Woodlark, the, 184. Woodlouse, 214. Worm, the hair, 226 — the common, 231. Wren, the willow, 110 — the golden-crested, 118, 122 — the common, instance of its stratagem to preserve its nest, 163. Wryneck, the, 137. Wych elm. See Elm. Year 1825, singular increase of sex in the, 102, note — other peculiarities of, 259. Yellow weed, name given to dyers’ weed, 72 — yellow the prevailing color of the flowers of plants in spring, 73 — and in autumn, 74.