336 



BIBDS IN LONDON 



Open spaces of London. 151, 

 171, 192, &c. 



comparative area of. in 



the several districts, 239 

 Owl, white, at Lambeth, 166 

 Owls, brown and white, in 



London, 4 

 in Kensington Gar- 

 dens, 165, 274 



— at Hampstead, 178 



atBosteinVoods,230 



Oxeye, disappearance of, from 

 London, 158 



— possible reintroduction of, 

 319 



Parks, central, of London, 156 

 Partridge, the, at Kew, 267 

 Peacock feathers, use of, bj^ 



moorhens, 96 

 Peckham Eye and Park, 230 



bird life in, 282, 233 



Pewit, the, at Wimbledon, 257 

 Pheasant, the, at Kew, 267 

 Phillips, Mr. M. B., his tame 



crow, 49 

 Pigeon, domestic, increase of, in 



London, 53 

 need of check on, 313 



— homing, shot on Hampstead 

 Marsh, 208 



Pike, destruction of waterfowl 



by, 213 

 Pinioning, 315 

 Plurnstead, 225 

 Ponds, provision for bird hfe on, 



180, 196 



— small, swans on, 247 

 Putney Heath, 255 



Queen's Park, Kilburn, 172 



— private grounds at Kew, 267 



Queen's private grounds at Kew, 

 proposed opening of, 269 



Rabbits in Hyde Park, destruc- 

 tion of, by cats, 293 

 Ranelagh Sporting Club, 252 

 Raptorial birds, their possible 



reintroduction, 312, 325 

 Raven, bracelet stolen by, 26 

 Ravens, their former presence 

 in London, 25 



— fate of the last pair, 25 



— duel in Regent's Park, 27 



— savagery towards their young, 

 127 



Ravenscourt Park, 168 

 Regent's Park, 173 

 Richmond Park, 261 

 Ring, theft and restoration of, 



by rook, 75 

 Ringdove, see Woodpigeon 

 Robins, growing scarceness of,. 



124, 159 



— their intolerant spirit, 126, 

 127 



— annual scattering of, 140 

 Roding, the river, 211 



Rook, tame, curious customs of, 



73-77 

 Rookery in Gray's Inn Gardens, 



70 



— in Kensington Gardens, fate 

 of, 77-84 



Rookeries, 178, 212, 235, 250, 



258 

 Rooks, daws joining a company 



of, 56, 138 



— approaching disappearance 

 of, 70 



— their characteristics, 72 



— their winter roosting places, 

 138 



