INDEX 



337 



Rooks at Richmond, 257 

 - proposed reintroduction of, 

 to London, 305, 309 

 Rook shooting, herons scared by, 

 214 



not approved of by rooks, 

 258 



4 Rough,' the, his hunting in- 

 stincts, 278 



ST. JAMES'S PARK, little grebes 



nesting at, 98 

 as a winter bird resort, 



147 

 Sanctuary for birds at Caen 



Wood, 326 

 Sanctuaries for birds, need of, 



163, 179, 213 

 Scavengers, birds as, 2, 8, 24, 



44, 46 

 Serpentine, suicide of raven in, 



27 

 need of an island refuge in, 



164 



' Shindies,' sparrows', 113 

 Shooting of ducks in Hyde Park, 



37 



Shrubs for parks, native prefer- 

 able to exotic, 17, 164, 185, 



215 

 Singing matches of chaffinches, 



198 



Skylark, 144, 205, 209, 257 

 Soaring birds, appreciation of 



height helped by, 53, 264 

 Soho Square, woodpigeons nest- 

 ing in, 91 



Southwark Park, 219 

 - bird life in, 220 

 Sparrow, a tame, 108 

 a love-sick, 112 



Sparrows, companionship of, 7 



their predominance, 105 



intelligence, 107 



domestic irregularities, 111 



' shindies,' 113 



vesper song, 115 



pugnacity of those at the 

 Tower, 141 



cats as check on increase of, 

 285, 325 



naturally tree birds, 287 



utilisation of, as foster- 

 parents, 323 



present attempts to check 

 their number, 324 



Species of birds lost to London, 



197, 271 



decrease of, 272 



proposed restoration of, 



304 

 Spoonbills, their former presence 



at Fulham, 2, 252 

 ' Sport,' fascination of, 199 

 Stables, Dr. Gordon, on domestic 



relations of sparrows, 111 

 Stanley, Bishop, on moorhens, 



95 



Starlings as London birds, 116 

 labour of, in feeding their 



young, 117, 120 



variety of their notes, 119 



autumnal gatherings of, 139 

 Stock-dove in London, 103 



possibility of its reintro- 

 duction, 31 



' Straying ' of cats, 299 

 Streatham Common, 248 



- bird life on, 250 

 Suburbs, abundance of birds in 



the, 155 

 Suggestion as to white daws?, 



66 



