332 



BIRDS IN LONDON 



Carrion crows in London, 82 



mock battle of. 88 



daily tii^'ht 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 

 Cathedi-als, aesthetic value of 



daws to, 58, 264 

 Cats, need of their exclusion 



from bird preserves, 168, 221, 



276, 284 



— comiection between sparrow^s 

 and, 285 



— deliberate • straying ' of, 299 



— suggestion as to disposal of, 

 800 



— present attempts at exclusion 

 of, from parks, 801 



— destruction of low-nesting 

 birds by. 290 



— their numl)ers in London, 

 294 



— ownerless, 295 

 Cemeteries : 



Kensal Green, 172 

 Abney Park, 190 

 established on Barnes Com- 

 mon, 254 

 their future use, 171, 186, 284 

 <^hafiinch, 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 Itiid i)()))ulation, 5, 

 267, 278 



Changes in habits of birds, 98 

 ' Chapel,' a sparrows', 114, 288 

 Checks, natural, to sparrow in- 

 crease, 825 

 — needed, on pigeon increase, 



318 

 Churchward Bottom Wood, 184 

 City, woodpigeons nesting in 



the, 91 

 Clapham Common, 248 

 Clissold Park, crows formerly 

 in, 45 



hasty visit of daws to, 57 



woodpigeons in, 91 



description of, 189 



regard for bird life in, 190, 



280 



bird experiments in, 809 



Corncrake, its occasional pre- 

 sence at Hampstead, 178 

 County Council, their aim in 

 bird protection, 17 



— — their management of 

 Hampstead Heath, 182 



— — their improvements in 

 Hackney lAIarsh, 202-208 



at Peckham Rye Park, 



231 • 



their swans, 247 



suggested care of birds by, 



282 

 suggested action of, as to 



stray cats, 802 

 Coiu-ser, cream-coloured, shot at 



Hackney, 209 

 Crows, species of, in London, 



20,29 



Dabchick, ficc (irebe 

 ])arkness of London winter, 

 birds affected by, 106 



