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WiLi.ow Wren, P. trochilus. 

 Chiff-chaff, P. rufa. 



Whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea. |Seen regularly every summer in woods and 



Lesser Whitethroat, S. curruca.\ hedgerows. 



Wood Wren, Phylloscopus sibilatrix. In woods only, nesting on tlic ground. 



'In woods and gardens, the former species being the 

 commoner of the two. A pure white Willow 

 Wren, in the collection of Mr. F. Bond, was 

 taken some years ago in the Highgate Woods. 

 White Wagtail, Motacilla alba. In April, 1866, a pair observed at the pond on 



the Heath. One, in the collection of Mr. F. Bond, was procured at Hamp- 



stcad in the summer of 1868. 

 Yellow Wagtail, M. rait. Annual summer visitor, frequenting the Heath and 



open fields, especially where there are sheep ; also on railway embankments. 



(See list of Winter Visitors.) 

 Tree Pipit, A?ithjcs arboreus. Common in summer. Breeds in the more open 



parts of Bishop's and Turner's Woods. 

 Wryneck, Jynx torquilla. Heard commonly about the Hampstead Woods at the 



time of its arrival in April. 

 Cuckoo, Cncuhis canorus. An annual summer visitor to the Hampstead Woods. 



The eggs have been found on the Heath in the nest of a Linnet. On 



September 29, 1872, a young Cuckoo, full fledged, was caught by a cat in a 



garden in the Adelaide Road, and was taken to Mr. F. Bond, who then 



resided there, and in whose collection it is now preserved. 



^•^KVLOW.Hirundo rusiica.] . . .,,,,.. 



,, ^, J.J 7- ^ Nesting every year m suitable locahties. 



Martin, Cnehdon urbica. J & / / 



Sand Martin, Cotile riparia. Used formerly to breed regularly on the property 

 of Lord Mansfield at Caen Wood Farm, where an old sand bank was com- 

 pletely riddled with their holes, but the bank slipped and they deserted the 

 place. In June, 1863, and again in 1871, some eggs were taken from holes 

 in a pit-bank on the Heath. 



Swift, Cypselus apus. Seen flying round the church steeples and high over the 

 houses, but not ascertained to breed anywhere in the Hampstead district. 



Nightjar, Caprit>mlgus Enropceiis. In the summer of 1852 the eggs were found 

 in Caen Wood, and this bird used to breed annually in Bishop's Wood, the 

 eggs being often placed at no great distance from the main road. 



Turtle Dove, Turttir auritus. A regular summer visitor, a few pairs breeding in 

 the woods. There was a nest in Bishop's Wood in 1887. 



Quail, Coticrnix vulgaris. In the summer of 1866 two broods of Quail were 

 reared in the fields below Hampstead. In 1870 three nests of eggs were 

 mown out in a large grass field between Highgate Hill and Pond Street 



