90 HAMPSTEAD HILL. 



Blue Titmouse, P. r^;'?^/(?«j. Common. Occasionally building in odd places. There 

 were two nests one summer at Roslyn, Hampstead, one in a lamp-post, the 

 other in a letter-box. 



Coal Titmouse, P. ater. A pair nested for several years in a garden on Haverstock 

 Hill. 



Marsh Titmouse, P. palustris. To be distinguished from the last named by the 

 absence of a white spot on the nape. Has been found in Caen Wood. 



Longtailed Titmouse, P. caudatus. In the woods and thick hedgerows, and in 

 similar haunts with the Goldcrest. Rarely builds near houses, though the late 

 Mr. G. Daniel has recorded the discovery of a nest of this bird in a large willow 

 tree in a garden at Bayswater (cf. Bennett's ed. White's "Selborne," p. 171, 

 footnote). 



Pied Wagtail, Motacilla lugubrts. Common about the ponds on the Heath, and 

 in large gardens where there are lawns. Nest found at Frognal. (See list of 

 Summer Migrants.) 



Meadow Pipit, Anthus pratensis. Mr. Mitford is of opinion that the majority 

 leave for the breeding season, and are common again in autumn and winter, 

 but in 1877 and 1878 he found pairs breeding on West Heath, Hamp- 

 stead. 



Skylark, Alauda arvensis. Not so common as formerly. During the winter 

 months, when these birds flock, large numbers are netted by the London bird- 

 catchers. 



Common Bunting, Emberiza miliaria. May be heard and seen in the fields below 

 the Hampstead Woods. 



Blackheaded Bunting, E. schcsnichis. In the summer of 1880 a pair nested on 

 the wet, rushy part of the west side of Hampstead Heath, 



Chaffinch, Fringilla ccelebs. A curiously-made nest covered with little bits of 

 newspaper was found at Hampstead by Mr. Mitford, who also has some eggs 

 of this bird of a pale blue colour, without spots. 



House Sparrow, Passer domesticus. The commonest bird in Hampstead. For 

 many years the young sparrows about the George Inn were remarked to be 

 pied, but apparently assumed the normal colour at their autumnal moult. 



Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus. In June, 187 1, the late Mr. Blyth ("Zoophi- 

 lus ") obtained three half-fledged Tree Sparrows which were taken from a nest 

 in the hole of a tree at Hampstead. (See The Zoologist^ 1877, p. 24, and 1888, 



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 Hawfinch, Coccothraustes vulgaris. Frequently observed in Bishop's Wood and 

 Caen Wood, where at one time it used to breed regularly, the nest being gene- 

 rally placed on the horizontal bough of an oak. It feeds on beech-mast, and 



