INDEX 



337 



Rooks at Richmond, 257 



— proposed reintroduction of, 

 to London, 805, 809 



Rook shooting, herons scared by, 

 214 



not approved of by rooks, 



258 



' Rough,' the, his limiting in- 

 stincts, 278 



St. James's Park, little grebes 



nesting at, 98 

 as a winter bird resort, 



147 

 Sanctuary for birds at Caen 



Wood, 326 

 Sanctuaries for birds, need of, 



168, 179, 218 

 Scavengers, birds as, 2, 8, 24, 



44, 46 

 Serpentine, suicide of raven in, 



27 



— need of an island refuge in, 

 164 



' Shindies,' sparrows', 118 



Shooting of ducks in Hyde Park, 

 87 



Shrubs for parks, native prefer- 

 able to exotic, 17, 164, 185, 

 215 



Singing matches of chaffinches, 

 198 



Skylark, 144, 205, 209, 257 



Soaring birds, appreciation of 

 height helped by, 53, 264 



Soho Square, woodpigeons nest- 

 ing in, 91 



Southwark Park, 219 



bird life in, 220 



Sparrow, a tame, 108 



— a love-sick, 112 



Sparrows, companionship of, 7 

 -- their predominance, 105 



— intelHgence, 107 



— domestic irregularities. 111 



— 'shindies,' 118 



— vesper song, 115 



— pugnacity of those at tlie 

 Tower, 141 



— cats as check on increase of, 

 285, 825 



— naturally tree birds, 287 



— utilisation of, as foster- 

 parents, 828 



— present attempts to check 

 their number, 824 



Species of birds lost to London, 



197, 271 



deci'ease of, 272 



proposed restoration of, 



304 

 Spoonbills, their former presence 



at Fulham, 2, 252 

 ' Sport,' fascination of, 199 

 Stables, Dr. Gordon, on domestic 



relations of sparrows. 111 

 Stanley, Bishop, on moorhens, 



95 

 Starlings as London birds, 116 



— labour of, in feeding their 

 young, 117, 120 



— variety of their notes, 119 



— autumnal gatherings of, 189 

 Stock-dove in London, 108 



— possibility of its reintro- 

 duction, 81 



' Straying ' of cats, 299 

 Streatham Common, 248 



— — bird life on, 250 

 Suburbs, abundance of birds in 



the, 155 

 Suggestion as to white daws, 

 66 



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