312- List of the Birds of the New Forest District. , [APP. 



FIELDFARE. (Turdus pilaris, Lin.) 

 Large numbers frequent the Forest, 

 where it is known as the "blacktail.'' 

 It especially frequents the hawthorn, 

 and seldom approaches the hollies till 

 the berries of the former are all eaten. 



SISKIN. (Fingilla 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. (Loria curvirostra, 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 fii'-tree in a 

 garden near Lyndhurst, June, 1858, 

 off' 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 

 phi vial is, Lin.) 



RINGED PLOVER. (Charadrius hiati- 

 cula, Lin.) Known, with the dunlin, 

 in the neighbourhood of Christchurch 

 and Lymington, as the " oxbird." 



SANDERLING. (Calidrif; arenaria, 

 Leach.) Not uncommon on the coast, 

 especially in Christchurch harbour. 



BITTERN. (Ardea stellaris, Lin.) 

 Not a year passes without several speci- 

 mens being brought to the bird stuffers. 

 Mr. Rake tells me that five were killed 

 close to Fordingbridge in the winter of 

 1858. 



CURLEW. (Numenius arquata, Lin.) 



GREEN SANDPIPER. (Totanus ochro- 

 pus, Tern.) Rather common between 

 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 me that he has shot several in 

 the summer in Stanpit Marsh. In 

 June, 1802, I saw several pair near 



Leap, so that it probably breeds on the 

 coast. 



JACK SNIPE. (Scolopax gallinula, 

 Lin.) Mr. Cooper tells me that he has 

 known this bird lie so close that he has 

 walked up to it and caught it with his 

 hat. 



KNOT. (Tringa Canutus,Lm.') Not 

 uncommon during the spring at Christ- 

 church Harbour. Mr. Tanner has a 

 specimen in his collection, knocked 

 down with a stick by a boy. 



DUNLIN. (Tringa vanabilis, Meyer.) 

 By no means uncommon. See Ringed 

 Plover. 



GREY-LAG GOOSE. (Anser ferns, 

 Steph.) 



BEAN GOOSE. (Anser segetum, 

 Gmel.) A stray bird from the Solent 

 sometimes finds its way to Whitten and 

 Ocknell ponds. 



BRENT GOOSE. (Anser bermcla, 

 Illig.) Locally known as the "Bran- 

 goose." 



HOOPER. (Cyynus musicus. Tern.) 

 PINTAIL DUCK. (Anas acuta, Lin.) 

 WIGEON. (Anas Penelope, Lin.) 

 COMMON SCOTER. (Anas mgra, Lin.) 

 POCHARD. (Anas ferina, Lin.) 

 Known along the coast as the " red- 

 head " and " ker." 



SCAUP DUCK. (Anas marila, Lin.) 

 TUFTED DUCK. (Anasfuliguta, Lin.) 

 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. (Mergus 

 serrator, Lin.) Known to the fishermen 

 at Christchurch as the " razorbill." 



GREAT CRESTED GREBE. (Podiceps 

 cristatus. Lath.) Appears every winter 

 in Christchurch 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 Breamore, November, 1855, and 

 again, Jan., 1856. 



GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. (Cohjm- 

 bus glacialis, Lin.) 



RED THROATED DIVER. (Colymbus 

 septentnonalis, Lin.) Not so common as 

 the last. 



GANNET. (Su!a Bassana, Boie.) 



