INDEX 



335 



Leg of Mutton Pond, moorhens 



on the, 180 

 Lethal chamber suggested for 



cats, 300 

 * London,' ambiguity of the term, 



2 

 London, toleration of, by birds, 



275 



absorption of country by. 286 

 London districts : 



East, 192 



North and North-west, 172 



South, 216 



South-east, 218 



South-west, 237 



West, 156 

 London Fields, 194 

 Longevity of birds, 110, 324 



MACAULAY, T. B., recollections 



of Clapham Common, 244 

 Magpie, rarity of, in London, 20 



fate of last pair at Hamp- 

 stead, 22 



Mallard, imperfect domestica- 

 tion of, 38 



nesting in trees, 39 

 Mansfield, Lord, birds in his 



grounds, 178, 181 

 Marsh lands by the Thames, 210 

 Melford, Mr. Mark, daws rescued 



by, 59 

 Mrs., her tame jackdaw, 59- 



63 

 Middlesex, remains of primaeval 



forest of, 184 

 Migration as seen in London, 



129-133 

 Minet, Mr. William, Myatt's 



Fields given by, 219 

 Missel- thrush at Kew, 267 



Missel-thrush, possible reintro- 

 duction of, 318 



Moat, the, at Bishop's Park, 

 Fulham, 251 



Moat-hen, early name for moor- 

 hen, 94 



Moorhens, the, in London, 94 



decorative tastes of, 96 



- their dislike of dabchicks, 100 



their autumnal movements, 

 138 



on Hampstead Heath, 180 



half-grown, as parents' as- 

 sistants, 181 



[ Moule, Mr. E. C. H., on the 



birds of Hampstead, 179 

 I Mouser, the crow as, 49 

 Movements of London birds, 

 diurnal, 38, 42, 145 



seasonal, 129 et supra 

 Myatt's Fields, 219 



NESTS in parks, &c., taking of, 



276 

 Newton, Professor, as to the 



Temple Gardens rookery, 307 

 Nigfit in Kensington Gardens, 



38 

 Nightingale in Bostell Woods, 



230 



at Streatham, 250 

 increasing rarity of, 268 

 Northey, Sir R., rooks brought 



to Temple Gardens by, 307 

 Nunhead Cemetery, 233 

 Nuthatch, possible introduction 



of the, 318 



OFFERINGS to mistress by tame 

 rook, 74 



