Tame birds as decoys, [312], [314] Temple Gardens, origin of rookery in, [307] Thames, the, as hunting ground for crows, [46] Thrushes, growing scarceness of, [160] Tits, growing rarity of, [159] Tooting Bec, [246] — Graveney, [248] Tower of London, ravens at the, [27] — — — fieldfares on tree at, [132] — — — fate of robin at, [141] Trap-shooting, sale of jackdaws for, [59] Trees, ducks nesting in, [39] — destruction of, in Kensington Gardens, [79-84] — old, due care of, [161] — their growth stunted by smoke, [196] — lopping of, at Greenwich, [224] — rooks driven away by mutilation of, [71], [77], [81] Tristram-Valentine, the late Mr., on the starling in London, [126] — on gulls in London, [145] Tuck, Mr. W. H., on the Kensington crows, [42] Turtle-dove, possible introduction of, [314]
Vesper songs of birds, [115] Victoria Park, [194], [195] — — singing lessons to chaffinches in, [198] Visitants, occasional, [29], [97], [138], [143-145]
Wandsworth Common, [245], [246] Wanstead Park, [210] — — bird life in, [212] Warblers in London, [143] — at Hampstead, [178] — in Bostell Woods, [228] Waterfowl, ornamental, relative value of, [34], [68] — rare, visits of, to the parks, [97], [145], [314], [316] Waterlow Park, bird population of, [185] — — swans at, [186] Westbourne Park, wood-pigeons at coal deposit at, [91] West London, open spaces on borders of, [171] Wheatears on Hampstead Heath, [130], [178] White jackdaws, [64] — ravens, [65] — blackbirds, [123] White House Fishery, [206], [209] — — resort of Hackney ‘sportsmen,’ [207] Whiteness, black species most subject to vary into, [64] Willughby on white ravens, [65] Wimbledon Common, bird life on, [257] — — badgers at, [258] Woodpecker, green, at Hampstead, [263] — — at Kew, [267] — lesser spotted, [178], [225], [267] — spotted, disappearance of, [178] Wood-pigeons, their increase in London, [6], [89] — recent arrival of, [90], [101] — changes in their habits, [93] — their autumnal exodus, [134] — a singular habit of, [135] Wren, gradual disappearance of, [159] — increase of, in Battersea Park, [243] — strength of vocal powers, [320] — goldcrest, at Kew, [267] Wryneck at Kew, [267], [274]
Yarrell on magpies in Kensington Gardens, [22] Yellowhammer at Hampstead Heath, [177] — at Wandsworth Common, [246] — at Barnes Common, [254]
Zoological Gardens, visits from crows to the, [176]
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