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were wantonly shot by a wretched bird-stuffer, and although the survivor twice 

 brought home a new mate, the bird-stuffer, who ought to have been pro- 

 secuted, killed them one by one, and none have been seen there now for 

 some years. 



Jay, Garrulus glandarius. At one time used to breed regularly in Bishop's Wood ; 

 but is now believed to be extinct there. 



Green Woodpecker, Picus viridis. Formerly not uncommon in Lord Mans- 

 field's woods; now rarely seen in Caen Wood. In October, 187 1, one was 

 observed upon a tree near the Heath. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker, Picus major. Used to breed annually in Caen 

 Wood. Now a rare bird in the district. Observed at Squire's Mount in 

 May, 1867, and last observed at Hampstead in spring of 1868. 



Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Picus minor. More often observed than any 

 other species of Woodpecker. Noted in Bishop's Wood, Caen Wood, The 

 Priory, Frognal, Roslyn Park, and in a large elm by St. Stephen's 

 Church. 



Tree Creeper, Certhia fajuiliaris. Now and then seen in gardens at Hamp- 

 stead. A very silent and undemonstrative little bird. To be looked for on old 

 and decayed trees, round the trunks of which it creeps stealthily in search of 

 lurking insects. 



Wren, Traglodytes Europoeus. In old gardens and shrubberies, and about wood- 

 stacks. A nest of this little bird in a garden on Haverstock Hill was built 

 in a hole in a wall and was not domed. 



Nuthatch, Sitta coesia. One of the few birds which has not decreased in numbers 

 of late years. Not uncommon in spring and autumn where large trees abound, 

 particularly about North End. 



Kingfisher, Alcedo ispida. Has been observed on the Regent's Canal, in the 

 Botanical Gardens, and other places close to Hampstead, and in May, 1872, 

 a nest was found in the bank of a pond near Caen Wood. 



Ringdove, or Woodpigeon, Columba palu7nbus. A few pairs generally build in 

 Lord Mansfield's woods. At one time quite common in Bishop's Wood. 



Stock Dove, Columba oenas. Comes in flocks to Caen Wood in autumn, when 

 the beech-mast is plentiful. 



Pheasant, Phasianus torquatus. Still found in Bishop's Wood. 



Partridge, Perdix cinerea. Generally half a dozen coveys or so are reared in the 

 fields below Bishop's and Turner's Woods, and in September, 1868, a brace 

 were shot early in the morning on the Heath ! 



Peewit, or Lapwing, Vanellus cristalus. Breeds at no great distance from 

 Hampstead, but can hardly be regarded as more than a passing visitor. 



