ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM A SOUTH LONDON SUBURB: 
In the third place, in flight it always passes quickly and 
stealthily, and when on the wing, unless seen clearly—a some- 
what rare event, among the tall trees to which it most resorts— 
might easily escape notice. I claim the species as a resident 
without having, so far, discovered a nest, because | meet with 
examples every spring and early summer, especially in Dulwich 
Wood, where they are generally to be found in pairs, and may 
sometimes to be “ stalked” and watched when in song. Thus it 
seems certain that several pairs must nest yearly in Dulwich 
and Sydenham Woods, and in the grounds of the Crystal 
Palace. This last spring these birds appeared to be more 
plentiful than usual, since I rarely visited the wood between 
17th March and 4th May without meeting one or more. 
BULLFINCH. 
I include this among the residents, although I have only 
one record of the bird having actually bred here; this was in 
Dulwich Wood in 1go1, the nest being discovered by the 
keeper, who reported the safe uprearing of the young birds. 
In this wood two or more pairs are to be seen every spring, 
especially in April, when the wild cherry trees are in flower ; 
one day, four years since, I came upon four birds busily picking 
at the buds and blossoms, and littering the ground with their 
pluckings. 
During the first few years of my residence, I used regu- 
larly to find one or more about my garden, or passing over m 
the month of October, but for ten years or more I have made 
no such note. The species, in common with several others, 
finds every year fewer inducements to visit the district, owing 
mainly to the decay or disappearance of so many attractive 
trees and shrubs, by reason of the ever- encroaching bricks and 
mortar on previously attractive ground. 
(ESSEBIe TUE DIPOLE: 
This species has bred, and, I firmly believe, does so still 
occasionally, in the Sydenham district. Although of irregular 
appearance, it has been observed at all times of the year, and 
at the present time quite as frequently as thirty years ago. 
The seeds of the birch are a great attraction, and it is in and 
about these trees, which are fairly plentiful in Dulwich Wood 
that I most usually find the birds. One November I discovered 
I4 in one tree-top; this, however, is one of the few occasions 
in which I have seen any number together here. In March 
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