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List of the Birds of the Neiv Forest District. [app. 



Fieldfare. {Turdiis pilaris, Lin.) 

 Large numbers fi'equent the Forest, 

 where it is known as the "blacktail." 

 It especially frequents the hawthorn, 

 and seldom approaches the hollies till 

 tiie berries of the former are all eaten. 



Siskin. (^Finyilla spinus, Lin.) Now 

 and then taken by the birdcatchers. 



Lesser Redpole. {Fingilla linaria, 

 Lin.) I should not be surprised if this 

 was discovered to breed in the Forest, 

 as so many pair are seen late in the 

 spring. 



Crossbill. (Loxia curvirosfra, Lin.) 

 Not uncommon. In Dec, 1861, a large 

 flock frequented the plantations round 

 Burley. A few pair are sometimes to 

 be seen in the summer, and Mr. Farren 

 mentions a nest built in a fir-tree in a 

 garden near Lyndhurst, June, 18.58_, 

 ofi' which the birds were shot, but un- 

 fortunately not preserved, though their 

 identity is beyond dispute. 



Hooded Crow. (^Corvus comix, 

 Lin.) Not unfrequent. 



Golden Plover. (Charadnus 



pluviatis, Lin.) 



Kinged Ployer. (Charadritis hiati- 

 cula, Lin.) Known, with the dunlin, 

 in the neighbourhood of Christchurch 

 and Lymington, as the "oxbird." 



Sanderling. (^Calidris arenarict. 

 Leach.) Not imcommon on the coast, 

 especially in Christchurch harbour. 



Bittern. {Ardea stellaris, Lin.) 

 Not a 3'car passes without several speci- 

 mens being brought to the bird stuffers. 

 Mr. Rake tells me that five were killed 

 close to Fordingbridge in the win.ter of 

 1858. 



CcRLEW. (Ifumenius arquata, Lin.) 



Green Sandpiper. (^Totainis ochro- 

 pus, Tcm.) Rather common l)ctwecn 

 Lymington and Calshot Castle. Mr. 

 Rake informs me that a pair were shot 

 at Hale, on the borders of the New 

 Forest, April, 1858; and Mr. Hart 

 tells mo that he has shot several in 

 the summer in Stanpit Marsh. In 

 June, 1802, I saw several pair near 

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Leap, so that it probably breeds on the 

 coast. 



Jack Snipe. {Scolopax gallinula, 

 Lin.) Mr. Cooper tells me that he has 

 kno\vn this bird lie so close that he has 

 walked up to it and caught it with his 

 hat. 



Knot. (Triiiga Canutus, I^m.) Not 

 uncommon during the si)ring at Christ- 

 church Harbour. Mr. Tanner has a 

 specimen in his collection, knocked 

 down with a stick by a boy. 



Dunlin. {Trinya variabilis, Meyer.) 

 By no means uncommon. See Ringed 

 Plover. 



Grey-lag Goose. {Anser fenis, 

 Steph.) 



Bean Goose. (^Aiiser segetum, 

 Gmel.) A stray bird from the Solent 

 sometimes finds its way to Whitten and 

 Ookncll ponds. 



Brent Goose. {Anser heriiicla, 

 Illig.) Locally known as the " Bran- 

 goose." 



Hooper. (^Cygnus musicus, Tcm.) 

 Pintail Duck. (Anas acuta, Lin.) 

 WiGEoN. {Anas Penelope, Lin.) 

 Common ScoTExt. (Anos nigra, Lin.) 

 Pochard. {Anas ferina, Lin.) 

 Known along the coast as the " red- 

 head " and " ker." 



Scaup Duck. {Anas marila, Lin.) 

 Tufted Duck. {Anasfuligula, Lin.) 

 Red-breasted Merganser. {Mergus 

 serrator, Lin.) Known to the fishermen 

 at Christchurch as the "razorbill." 



Great Crested Grebe. {Podiceps 

 cristatus. Lath.) Appears every wiiUer 

 in Christchm'ch harbour, and may be 

 seen just cresting the waves, as they 

 break under the Barton Cliffs. Mr. Rake 

 informs me that specimens were killed 

 at Breamorc, November, 1855, and 

 again, Jan., 1856. 



Great Northern Diver. {Colym- 

 hus glacialis, Lin.) 



Red Throated Diver. {Colymhus 

 srptentrionalis, Lin.) Not so common as 

 the last. 



Gannet. {Sula Bassana, Boic.) 



