CONTENTS xiii 



PAGE 



Camberwell New Park Southwark Park Kenning- 

 ton Park Fine shrubberies Greenwich Park and 

 Blackheath A stately and depressing park Mutilated 

 trees The extreme East Bostell Woods and Heath 

 Their peculiar charm Woolwich and Plumstead Com- 

 mons Hilly Fields Peckham Rye and Park A 

 remonstrance Nunhead and Camberwell Cemeteries 

 Dulwich Park Brockwell Park The rookerj^ . . 216 



CHAPTER XIII 



SOUTH-WEST LONDON 



Introductory remarks Comparative large extent of public 

 ground in South-west London Battersea Park 

 Character and popularity Bird life Clapham Com- 

 mon : its present and past character Wandsworth 

 Common The yellow-hammer Tooting Common 

 Tooting Bee Questionable improvements A passion 

 for swans Tooting Graveney Streatham Common 

 Bird life Magpies : Rookery Bishop's Park, Fulharn 

 A suggestion Barn Elms Park Barnes Common 

 A burial-ground Birds Putney Heath, Lower Putney 

 Common, and Wimbledon Common Description 

 Bird life Rookeries The badger Richmond Park 

 Its vast extent and character Bird life Daws 

 Herons The charm of large soaring birds Kew 

 Gardens List of birds -Unfavourable changes The 

 Queen's private grounds ...... 287 



CHAPTEE XIV 



PROTECTION OF BIRDS IN THE PARKS 



Object of this book Summary of facts contained in pre- 

 vious chapters An incidental result of changes in 

 progress -Some degree of protection in all the open 

 spaces, efficient protection in none Mischievous visi- 

 tors to the parks Bird fanciers and stealers The 



