ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM A SOUTH LONDON SUBURB. 
in 1904 a similar bird, on August 16th. In 1896, on August 
1oth, a curious incident was witnessed. From a neighbour’s 
service tree, then in fruit, proceeded a great fluttering, with 
an accompaniment of screams very similar to those of a young 
Thrush; in a few minutes out bolted a Cuckoo, followed :n 
hot haste and apparent rage by a Rosella Parakeet, which, 
doubtless, had been enjoying the berries until the Cuckoo in- 
terrupted the meal. 
NIGHTJAR (Occasional). 
This has been seen on a few occasions, on migration only, 
and has never been heard in the district; in fact, the nearest 
breeding place I know of is Shirley Wood. 1 have only one 
spring record of the bird’s occurrence here, viz, May 21st, 
1903, when an example crossed Loughborough Road just at 
dusk. There are four notes of its appearance in autumn. 
September 3rd, 1879, one crossed my garden in the evening; 
August 15th and 16th, one seen there on two successive even- 
ings — probably, however, the same bird; September 15%h, 
1892, and August 28th, 1895, one bird on each occasion, and 
all flying over my garden just at dusk. 
TURTLE DOVE (Resident). 
Almost a rarity, inasmuch as I have scarcely a dozen ‘e- 
cords of its occurrence here, and yet it undoubtedly breeds 
occasionally in Dulwich and Sydenham Woods. I first noticed 
the bird crossing my garden, September 13th, 1880, and I next 
saw a pair on Tooting Common at the latter end of April, 
1895. August 28th, 1898, I saw one in Dulwich Park. On 
June 3rd, 1900, one was cooing in Dulwich Wood—this being 
the first year I had any suspicion of it nesting in the district, 
whilst on 21st of the same month I saw one in Brockwell Park 
May oth, 1904, one began its daily cooing in Dulwich W ood, 
and two migrants passed over my ¢ garden on 16th September. 
In 1905 the first ‘ ” was heard “May 5th., and in 1906 ap- 
parently two pairs eee to) breed, the = coo beim anes 
corded from May 8th to June 2nd; whilst in 1907 one was 
heard cooing as late as June 29th. The same year an im- 
mature bird in a state of moult visited my garden daily from 
the 18th to 23rd of October, on which date it was unfortunately 
killed by a cat. It proved to be very fat, and, with the excep- 
tion of the tail feathers, had just completed the moult. 
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