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 i 

 the berries of the former are all eaten. 



SISKIN. (FingiUa spinus, Lin.) Now 

 and then taken by the birdcatchers. 



LESSER REDPOLE. (FingiUa 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 curvirostra, Lin.) 

 Not uncommon. In Dec., 1861, a large ! 

 flock frequented the plantations round j 

 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 Lyndhnrst, June, 1858, | 

 but the birds were unfortunately not 

 preserved, though their identity is be- 

 yond dispute. 



HOODED CROW. (Corvus comix, 

 Lin.) Xot unfrequent. 



GOLDEN PLOVER. (Charadrius 

 plurialis, Lin.) 



RINGED PLOVER. (Charadrius hiati- 

 cttla, Lin.) Known, with the dunlin, 

 in the neighbourhood of Christchurch 

 and Lymington, as the " oxbird." 



SANDERLING. (Calidris arenaria, 

 Leach.) Not uncommon on the coast, 

 especially in Christchnrch 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. (Kumenius arquata, Lin.) 



GREEN SANDPIPER. ( Totanvs ochro- 

 pus, Tern.) Rather common between 

 Lymington and Calshot Ca?tlo. 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. 18f>2, I saw several pair near 



Leap, so that it probably breeds on the 

 coast. 



JACK SNIPE. (Scolopax gallinvla, 

 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, Lin.) 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 variabilis, Meyer.) 

 By no means uncommon. See II 

 Plover. 



GRET-LAG GOOSE. (Anser ferns, 

 Steph.) 



BEAX GOOSE. (Anser segetum, 

 Gmel.) A stray bird from the Solent 

 sometimes finds its way to "Whitten and 

 Ocknell ponds. 



BRENT GOOSE. (Anser bernicla, 

 Ulig.) Locally known as the " Bran- 

 goose." 



HOOPER. (Cygnus musicus, Tern.) 

 PINTAIL DUCK. (Anas acutu, Lin.) 

 WIGEON. (Anas Penelope, Lin.) 

 ( IMMON SCOTER. (Anas nigra, Lin.) 

 POCHARD. (Anas ferina, Lin.) 

 Known along the coast as the " red- 

 head " and " ker." 



SCACP DUCK. (Anas marila, Lin.) 

 TUTTED DUCK. (Anas fuligula , Lin.) 

 RED-BREASTKP 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, ami 

 again, Jan., 1856. 



GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. (Colym- 

 bvs glacial is, Liu.) 



RED THROATED DIVER. (Colt/mbus 

 septentrionalis, Lin.) Xot so common as 

 the last. 



GANNET. (Sula Bassana, Boie.) 



