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destructive roii.i,'h— The barbarians are few— Two inci- 

 tleiits at Clissokl Park— I.ove of birds a common feelin,^ 

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CHAPTER XV 



THK CAT QUESTION 



The cat's unchan.i,'eable character — A check on the sparrows 

 — Number of sparrows in London — What becomes of 

 the annual increase — No natural check on the park 

 sparrows — Cats in the jjarks — Story of a cat at Jiatter- 

 sea Park — Rabbits destroyed by cats in Hyde Park — 

 Number of cats in London — Ownerless cats — Their 

 miserable condition — How cats are made ownerless — 

 How this evil may be remedied — How to keep cats out 

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chaptp:k XVI 



BIRDS FOK LONDON 



liestoration of the rook — The (xraj^'s Liu rookery — Sus^- 

 f,'estions — On attracting rooks— Temjjle Gardens rookery 

 —Attempt to establish a rookery- at Clissold Park — A 

 new colony of daws — Hawks — Domestic pigeons — An 

 abuse — Stock-dove and turtle-dove — Ornamental water- 

 fowl, pinioned and nupiuioiied — Suggestions — Wild 

 water-fowl in the parks— Small birds for London — 

 Missel-thrush —Nuthatch — Wren — Loudness a merit--- 

 Summer visitants to London — Kingfisher — Hard-billed 

 birds — A use for the park sparrows — Natural checks — 

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