INDEX
Abney Park Cemetery, [190] ‘Afternoon tea,’ sparrows at, [9] Albino daws, [64], [66] Anemones, decorative use of, by moorhens, [96] Arnold, Matthew, ‘Lines written in Kensington Gardens,’ [161]
Badger-hunt, a modern, [259] Badgers at Wimbledon, [258] — a colony of, in Caen Wood, [327] Barn Elms Park, [253] Barnes Common, [253], [254] Battersea Park, moorhen’s æsthetic nest in, [96] — — starlings congregating in, [139] — — making of, [240] — — bird life assisted in, [242] — — a spirited cat in, [291] Beverley Brook, [253], [255] Birds’-nesting, [175], [183], [230] Birds of London, changes among the, [5] — — — recent additions to, [89], [94] — — — passerine, [104] — — — their disregard of noise, [188] — — — encouragement of, [242], [275] Bishop’s Park, Fulham, [251] — — bird life in, past and present, [252] Blackbirds in London, white, [64], [123] — proportional numbers of, [122] Booth, Mr. Charles, as to ‘roughs,’ [279] Bostell Woods and Heath, [226] — — bird life in, [227], [230] Bread-eating by the crow, [45] — by the gull, [148] Breeding places, need of, in central parks, [163], [179] Brockwell Park, [235] Buckhurst Hill, white owl at, [166]
Caen Wood, Nature’s balance in, [326] Camberwell Cemetery, [233] Carrion crow, as domestic pet, [48] — — as mouser, [49] — — as practical joker, [50] Carrion crows in London, [32] — — mock battle of, [33] — — daily flight of, [42] — — modification of feeding habits, [44] — — picking food from the river, [46] — — visits of, to the Zoological Gardens, [175] Cat, a, on a Battersea island, [291] Cathedrals, æsthetic value of daws to, [53], [264] Cats, need of their exclusion from bird preserves, [163], [221], [276], [284] — connection between sparrows and, [285] — deliberate ‘straying’ of, [299] — suggestion as to disposal of, [300] — present attempts at exclusion of, from parks, [301] — destruction of low-nesting birds by, [290] — their numbers in London, [294] — ownerless, [295] Cemeteries: Kensal Green, [172] Abney Park, [190] established on Barnes Common, [254] their future use, [171], [186], [234] Chaffinch, the, as songster, [12] — its winter resorts, [144] — its return to London, [158] — from the bird-fancier’s point of view, [197-200] — care of nest of, at Clissold Park, [280] Changes in bird population, [5], [267], [273] Changes in habits of birds, [93] ‘Chapel,’ a sparrows’, [114], [288] Checks, natural, to sparrow increase, [325] — needed, on pigeon increase, [313] Churchyard Bottom Wood, [184] City, wood-pigeons nesting in the, [91] Clapham Common, [243] Clissold Park, crows formerly in, [45] — — hasty visit of daws to, [57] — — wood-pigeons in, [91] — — description of, [189] — — regard for bird life in, [190], [280] — — bird experiments in, [309] Corncrake, its occasional presence at Hampstead, [178] County Council, their aim in bird protection, [17] — — their management of Hampstead Heath, [182] — — their improvements in Hackney Marsh, [202-208] — — at Peckham Rye Park, [231] — — their swans, [247] — — suggested care of birds by, [282] — — suggested action of, as to stray cats, [302] Courser, cream-coloured, shot at Hackney, [209] Crows, species of, in London, [20], [29]
Dabchick, see [Grebe] Darkness of London winter, birds affected by, [106] Decoys, action of tame birds as, [312], [314] Dogs, number of, as compared to cats, [294] — number destroyed under the muzzling order, [300] Ducks of the Serpentine, [34] — annual shooting of, [36] — in Holland Park, domestic difficulties of, [40] — terror of, on sight of crow, [41] Dulwich Park, bird life in, [234]
East-enders, their regard for the chaffinch, [197] East London, paucity of breathing spaces in, [192] Eggs, ducks’, stolen from Kensington Gardens, [40] — proposed substitution of, [306], [317], [318], [323] Egg-stealing by jackdaw, [61] Enfield, the ‘Raven Tree’ at, [25] Exotic shrubs, [17], [164], [185], [215]
Fence against cats, need of, [301] Fieldfares in London, [131], [178] Finsbury Park, [187] Flycatcher, spotted, at Ravenscourt Park, [170] — — in Kew Gardens, [267] Fowls, attack of, on marauding jackdaw, [61] Fuel-gatherers, [86] Fulham, former presence of spoonbills and herons at, [2], [252] — Bishop’s Park at, [251]
Geese, wild, flying over London, [132] Gray’s Inn Gardens, rookery in, [70] — — — destruction of kite’s nest in, [121] — — — suggestion as to rooks in, [305] Grebe, the little, as a London bird, [97] — — — his nest, [99] — — — defends his nest against swans, [100] — — — in St. James’s Park, [102] — — — seasonal movements of, [137] — — — at Kew, [267] — — — as possible foster parents to crested grebe, [317] Greenwich Park, former rookery in, [77] — — indiscriminate tree-lopping in, [224] — — bird life in, [225] Gulls, black-headed, in London, [145] — — feeding on sprats, [148]
Hackney Downs, [194] — Marsh, [201] — — cream-coloured courser shot at, [209] Hampstead, last of the magpies at, [22] — nesting place of crow at, [43] — Heath, [176] — — birds of, [178] Haws, wood-pigeons feeding on, [135] Hedge-sparrows, rarity of, in Kensington Gardens, [159] Herons, former nesting of, at Fulham, [2], [252] — increase of, at Richmond, [263] Heronry at Wanstead, [212] Hibbert, the late Mr. Shirley, on robins in London, [124] — — — — — on London birds, [152] Highbury Fields, [191] Highgate Cemetery, manifest destiny of, [186] — Woods, characteristics of, [183] Holland Park, difficulties of ducks in, [39] — — as bird sanctuary, [157] Hyde Park, bird-feeders in, [15] — — destruction of ravens in, [25] — — decrease of birds in, [275]
Island refuges, need of, as sanctuaries, [164], [275] — — in Battersea Park, [242]