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CHAPTEE XIII 



SOUTH-WEST LONDON 



Introductory remarks Comparative large extent of public 

 ground in South-west London Battersea Park Character 

 and popularity Bird life Clapham Common : 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, Fulham A suggestion Barn Elms Park 

 Barnes Common A burial-ground BirdsPutney Heath, 

 Lower Putney Common, and Wimbledon Common De- 

 scription 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. 



IN the foregoing chapters the arbitrary lines 

 dividing the London postal districts have not 

 been always strictly kept to. Thus, the Green 

 Park and St. James's Park, which are in the 

 South-west, were included in the West district, 

 simply because the central parks, with Holland 

 Park, form one group, or rather one chain of 

 open spaces. In treating of the South-west 



