INDEX 



333 



Decoys, action of tame birds as, ' 



312, 314 

 Dogs, number of, as compared to 



cats, 294 



number destroyed under the 

 muzzling order, 300 



Ducks of the Serpentine, 34 



annual shooting of, 36 



in Holland Park, domestic 

 difficulties of, 40 



terror of, on sight of crow, 41 

 Dulwich Park, bird life in, 234 



EAST-ENDERS, their regard for 

 the chaffinch, 197 



East London, paucity of breath- 

 ing spaces in, 192 



Eggs, ducks', stolen from Ken- 

 sington Gardens, 40 



proposed substitution of, 306, 

 317, 318, 323 



Egg-stealing by jackdaw, 61 

 Enfield, the ' Eaven Tree ' at, 25 

 Exotic shrubs, 17, 164, 185, 215 



FENCE against cats, need of, 301 



Fieldfares in London, 131, 178 



Finsbury Park, 187 



Flycatcher, spotted, at Ravens- 

 court Park, 170 

 in Kew Gardens, 267 



Fowls, attack of, on marauding 

 jackdaw, 61 



Fuel-gatherers, 86 



Fulham, former presence of 

 spoonbills and herons at, 2, 

 252 

 - Bishop's Park at, 251 



GEESE, wild, flying over London, 

 132 



Gray's Inn Gardens, rookery in r 



70 

 destruction of kite's 



nest in, 121 



suggestion as to rooks 

 in, 305 



Grebe, the little, as a London 

 bird, 97 



- his nest, 99 



defends his nest against 



swans, 100 

 in St. James's Park, 102 



seasonal movements of, 

 137 



at Kew, 267 

 as possible foster parents 



to crested grebe, 317 

 Greenwich Park, former rookery 

 in, 77 



- indiscriminate tree-lop- 

 ping in, 224 



- bird life in, 225 

 Gulls, black-headed, in London, 



145 

 feeding on sprats, 148 



HACKNEY DOWNS, 194 



- Marsh, 201 



- cream-coloured courser 



shot at, 209 . 

 Hampstead, last of the magpies 



at, 22 

 nesting place of crow at, 43 



- Heath, 170 



- birds of, 178 

 Haws, woodpigeons feeding on, 



135 

 Hedge-sparrows, rarity of, in 



Kensington Gardens, 159 

 Herons, former nesting of, at 



Fulham, 2, 252 



