APPENDIX III. 



LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE NEW FOREST DISTRICT. 



The best plan is, perhaps, to arrange the birds in groups, and to give a 

 short analysis of each section, so that the reader may be able to see at 

 a glance the more characteristic as well as rarer species. We will first 

 of all take the Residents. In making out this list I have been prin- 

 cipally guided — with of course certain exceptions — by the rule of 

 admitting every bird whose nest has been found upon reliable evidence, 

 as we may be sure that for one nest which is discovered a dozen or 

 more remain undetected. 



Peregrine Falcon. (Falco peregri- 

 nus, Gmel.) As this bird breeds so near, 

 both in the Isle of Wight and along the 

 Dorsetshire coast, it may be considered 

 as a resident. From different lists before 

 me, ranging over several years, it appears 

 to have been shot and trapped in the 

 Forest at all seasons. 



Merlin. (Falco asalon, Gmel.) See 

 Chapter XXII., pp. 266, 267. 



Kestrel. (Falco tinnunculus, Lin.) 

 Numerous. 



Sparrow Ham'k. (Falco w?sm5, Lin.) 

 More abundant than even the kestrel, 

 especially in the southern part of the 

 Forest. 



Common Buzzard. (Falco buteo, Lin.) 

 Breeds in nearly all the old woods, but 

 is becoming scarce. See Chapter XXII., 

 p. 265. 



Marsh Harrier. (Circus arugino- 

 sus, Lin.) Rare. 



Hen Harrier. (Circusc7/aneus,'L\n.) 

 See Chapter XXII., p. 268. This bird 

 has become much more numerous of 

 late. No less than six or seven pairs 

 were, I am sorry to say, trapped last year. 



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Long -Eared Owl. (Strix otus, 

 Lin.) Not unfrcquent. I have found it 

 nesting round Mark Ash and Boldre- 

 wood. Mr. Rake tells me that Amber- 

 wood is also a favourite breeding station. 



Barn Owl. (Strix flammea, Lin.) 

 Not so common as might be expected. 



Tawny Owl. (Strix aluco, Lin.) 

 The most common of the three. Very 

 often this bird may be seen during the 

 day in the Forest mobbed by thrushes 

 and blackbirds, and taking refuge in 

 some of the large i^y-bushes. 



Missel Thrush. ( Tardus viscivorus, 

 Lin.) Kno^\'n throughout the Forest 

 as the " Bull thrush." 



Song Thrush. (Turdus wusicus, 



Lin.) 



Blackbird. ( Turdus merula, Lin.) 

 Robin Redbreast. (Sylvia rubecula, 

 Lath.) 



Stonechat. (Sylvia ruhicula. Lath.) 

 Mr. Rake tells me that it breeds rather 

 ])lentifully round Ogdens and Frogham, 

 about two miles from Fordingbridge. I 

 have also had the eggs brought me from 

 Woottou. 

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