336 



BIRDS IN LONDON 



Open spaces of London, 151, 



171, 192, &c. 

 comparative area of, in 



the several districts, 239 

 Owl, white, at Lambeth, 166 

 Owls, brown and white, in 



London, 4 



in Kensington Gar- 

 dens, 165, 274 



at Hampstead, 178 

 - at Bostell Woods, 230 



Oxeye, disappearance of, from 

 London, 158 



possible reintroduction of, 

 319 



PARKS, central, of London, 156 

 Partridge, the, at Kew, 267 

 Peacock feathers, use of, by 



moorhens, 96 

 Peckham Eye and Park, 230 



- bird life in, 232, 233 

 Pewit, the, at Wimbledon, 257 

 Pheasant, the, at Kew, 267 

 Phillips, Mr. M. B., his tame 



crow, 49 

 Pigeon, domestic, increase of, in 



London, 53 

 need of check on, 313 



homing, shot on Hampstead 

 Marsh, 208 



Pike, destruction of waterfowl 



by, 213 



Pinioning, 315 

 Plumstead, 225 

 Ponds, provision for bird life on, 



180, 196 



small, swans on, 247 

 Putney Heath, 255 



QUEEN'S PARK, Kilburn, 172 



private grounds at Kew, 267 



Queen's private grounds at Kew, 

 proposed opening of, 269 



BABBITS in Hyde Park, destruc- 

 tion of, by cats, 293 

 Banelagh Sporting Club, 252 

 Baptorial birds, their possible 



reintroduction, 312, 325 

 Baven, bracelet stolen by, 26 

 Bavens, their former presence 

 in London, 25 



fate of the last pair, 25 



duel in Begent's Park, 27 



savagery towards their young,. 

 127 



Bavenscourt Park, 168 

 Begent's Park, 173 

 Richmond Park, 261 

 Ring, theft and restoration of, 



by rook, 75 



Ringdove, see Woodpigeon 

 Robins, growing scarceness of r 



124, 159 

 - their intolerant spirit, 126, 



127 



annual scattering of, 140 

 Boding, the river, 211 



Book, tame, curious customs of, 



73-77 

 Bookery in Gray's Inn Gardens, 



70 



in Kensington Gardens, fate 

 of, 77-84 



Bookeries, 178, 212, 235, 250, 



258 

 Books, daws joining a company 



of, 56, 138 



approaching disappearance 

 of, 70 



their characteristics, 72 



their winter roosting places, 

 138 



