BIEDS IN LONDON 



PAGK 



how they are thinned Shooting a chicken with a 

 revolver Habits of the Hyde Park mallard Anecdotes 

 Number of London crows The crow a long-lived 

 bird : a bread- eater Anecdote Seeks its food on the 

 river The crow as a pet Anecdotes . . . 3'2 



CHAPTEE IV 



THE LONDON DAW 



Rarity of the daw in London Pigeons and daws com- 

 pared ^Esthetic value of the daw as a cathedral bird 

 Kensington Palace daws ; their disposition and habits 

 Friendship with rooks Wandering daws at Clissold 

 Park Solitary daws Mr. Mark Melford's birds 

 Rescue of a hundred daws The strange history of an 

 egg-stealing daw White daws White ravens Wil- 

 lughby's speculations A suggestion . . . .52 



CHAPTEE V 



EXPULSION OF THE ROOKS 



Positions of the rook and crow compared Gray's Inn 

 Gardens rookery Break-up of the old, and futile 

 attempt of the birds to establish new rookeries The 

 rooks a great loss to London Why the rook is esteemed 

 Incidents in the life of a tame rook A first sight of 

 the Kensington Gardens rookery The true history of 

 the expulsion of the rooks -A desolate scene, and a 

 vision of London beautified . 08 



CHAPTEE VI 



RECENT COLONISTS 



The wood-pigeon in Kensington Gardens Its increase Its 

 beauty and charm Perching 011 Shakespeare's statue in 

 Leicester Square Change of habits The moorhen Its 



