Nuthatch. (Sitta Europæa, Lin.)
Kingfisher. (Alcedo ispida, Lin.) Not very common, yet it may now and then be seen at Darrat’s stream, near Lyndhurst, the brook in the Queen’s Bower Wood, and the Osmanby Ford river, near Wootton.
Ringdove. (Columba palumbus, Lin.)
Stockdove. (Columba ænas, Lin.) Numerous, building in the holes of the old beech-trees.
Pheasant. (Phasianus Colchicus, Lin.)
Black Grouse. (Tetrao tetrix, Lin.) Feeds on the young shoots of heather and larch, seeds of grass, blackberries and acorns, and I have seen it repeatedly perching in the hawthorns for the sake of the berries. The “heath poult” of the Forest.
Partridge. (Perdix cinerea, Lath.)
Lapwing. (Vanellus cristatus, Meyer.)
Heron. (Ardea cinerea, Lath.) See Chapter XXII., pp. [273], [274]. I have known a pair lay, in one instance, at Boldrewood, as late as June 23rd.
Common Redshank. (Totanus calidris, Lin.) This bird is certainly a resident throughout the year. I have repeatedly put it up during the autumn in some of the swamps near Stoney Cross, more especially in the evening, when it will hover round and round, just keeping overhead, not unlike a pewit. Several nests are yearly taken. Last year Mr. Farren found one near Burley, April 4th, with a single egg, and another, May 3rd, containing four, at Bishopsditch.