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TJic Residents. 



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Wren. {Troglodi/tes Europaus, 

 Cuv.) 

 Nuthatch. (_Sitta Europau, Lin.) 

 Kingfisher. {Alcedo ispida, Lin.) 

 Not very common, yet it may now and 

 tlien be seen at Darrat's stream, near 

 Lyndhurst, the brook in the Queen's 

 Bower Wood, and the Osmanby Ford 

 river, near Wootton. 



Ringdove. {Columhapalumhus, Lin.) 

 Stockdove. {Columba anas, Lin.) 

 Numerous, building in the holes of the 

 old beech-trees. 



Pheasant. {Phasianus Colchicus, 

 Lin.) 



Black Grouse. (^Tetrao tetrix, Lin.) 



Feeds on the young siioots of heather 



and larch, seeds of grass, blackberries 



and acorns, and 1 have seen it repeatedly 



perching in the hawthorns for the sake 



of the berries. The " heath poult " of the 



Forest. 



Partridge. {Perdix cinerea. Lath.) 



Lapwing. ( Vanelluscristatus,'Meyei:) 



Heron. (Ardea cinerea. Lath.) ^ee 



Chapter XXII., pp. 273, 274. I have 



known a pair lay, in one instance, at 



Boldrewood, as late as June 23rd. 



CoMiMON Redshank. ( Totanus calid- 

 ris, Lin.) This bird is certainly a resi- 

 dent throughout the year. I have 

 repeatedly put it up during the autumn 

 in some of the swamps near Stoney 

 Cross, more especially in the evening, 

 when it will hover round and round, 

 just keeping overhead, not unlike a 

 ])ewit. Several nests are yearly taken. 

 Last year I\Ir. Farren found one near 

 Burley, April 4th, with a single egg, 

 and another. May 3rd, containing foin-, 

 at Bishopsditch. 



Woodcock. {Scohpax rusticola, 

 Lin.) Breeds in great numbers in ^omc 

 seasons. 



Common Snipe. {Scolopax ijaUi- 

 nogo, Lin.) The greatest numbers 

 occur in December, though many re- 

 main to breed not only in tlie " bottoms" 

 of the Forest, but the meadows of the 

 Avon. Mr. Rake infonns me that a 



Sabine's snipe (^Scolopax Sabini, 

 Vigors), which is now generally re- 

 garded as only a melanism of this 

 s])ecies, was shot at Picket Post, Jan., 

 18.59. Another was shot not far from 

 tlie borders of the Forest, at Ilei'on 

 Court, 1836. 



Water Rail. {Rallus aqnaticus, 

 Lin.) Most common in the winter. 

 Some few, however, breed in the valley of 

 the Osmanby Ford stream, where I have 

 seen a pair or two in the summer time. 

 Coot. (^Fulica atra, Lin.) A 

 straggler generally every year remains 

 to breed on the Avon. 



Mute Savan. {Cygnus olor, Boie.) 

 Large numbers belonging to Lord Nor- 

 manton's swannery may be always seen 

 on the Avon, near Fordingbridge and 

 Ibbesley. 



Wild Duck. {Anas boschas, Lin.) 

 Breeds, like the teal, in most of the 

 bottoms throughout the Forest, as also 

 in the Avon. The fowlers round Ex- 

 bury say that the wigeon, too, stays to 

 nest ; but I do not know of any au- 

 thenticated case. Mr. Rake has ob- 

 served the tufted duck as late in the 

 year as May. 



Teal. {Anas crecca, Lin.) 

 Little Grebe. (Podiceps minor. 

 Lath.) Known in the Forest as the 

 di-dapper. A few breed in the Boldre 

 Water, and, perhaps, even in the Osman- 

 by Ford stream. Mr. Rake tells me 

 that it breeds plentifully in the Avon, 

 between Fordingbridge and Downton. 



Guillemot. (Uria troile. Lath.) 

 Locally known as the " spratter." 

 Razorbill. {Alca torda, Lin.) 

 CoRMOU.\NT. {Car bo corinoranus, 

 Meyer.) Locally knowff as the " Isle 

 of Wight parson." 



SiiAG. {Curbo cristatus, Tem.) 

 Herring Gull. {Larus argentatus, 

 Briin.) It is to be seen at all seasons 

 with the four birds above mentioned, 

 breeding like them in the Freshwater 

 Cliffs of the Isle of Wight. The shag 

 and the cormorant were the commonest 



