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Corvus frugilegus, L. Rook. Generally distributed and common. 

 Elm trees usually chosen, less frequently oak, ash, or beech 

 (A. P.M.) ; several rookeries in and near Dartford (W.J.D.) : 

 Lee, breeds (J.F.G.) ; Woolwich Rectory (S.G.S.) ; Bromley, 

 five or six rookeries recorded (J.A.W.B.) ; plenty still on Black- 

 heath, Westcombe Park, etc. (J.W.T.) ; the Rookery in the 

 Repository grounds, Woolwich, contains 30 nests this year, 

 1907 (W.H.P.). 



ALAUDID^E. 



Alauda arvensis, L. Skylark. Generally distributed and common ; 

 Greenwich Park (A.D.W.) ; Woolwich Rectory (S.G.S.) ; 

 winter many, Bromley (J.A.W.B.) : abundant just outside 

 the actually thickly populated London area, e.g., Grove Park, 

 Chislehurst, etc. (J.W.T.) ; in winter, numbers largely increased 

 by influx of foreign larks (A.P.M.) : Dartford Heath, very 

 common (W.J.D.). ; Well Hall, common (W.H.P.) 



Alauda arborea, L. Woodlark. Bromley, rare (B.L.) ; Shooter's 

 Hill and Eltham (Fn.B.) ; Dartford/rare (W.J.D.). 



Alauda brachydactyla, Leis. Short- toed Lark. Orpington 1884 

 (B.L.) ; Woolwich Rectory (S.G.S.). 



PICARLE. 



CYPSEUDJE. 



Cypselus apus, L. Swift. Fairly common (B.W.A.) ; Bromley, 

 common (B.L.) ; Greenwich Park (A.D.W.) ; Lee 1898 (J.F.G.) ; 

 Woolwich Rectory (S.G.S.) ; Dartford (W.J.D.). 



Cypselus melba, L. Alpine Swift. Lewisham (Fn. B.). 



CAPBIMULGTDJE. 



Caprimulgus europaeus, L. Nightjar. Bexley, fairly common 

 (B.W.A.) ; Pitt Wood, St. PauTs Cray (C.R.B.) ; Bromley, not 

 common, (B.L.) ; Shooter's Hill (Fn.B.) ; Greenwich Park 

 (A.D.W.) ; Chislehurst, Keston and Farnborough, abundant 

 (A.P.M.) ; Dartford Heath and Marshes (W.J.D.). 



PICID^E. 



lynx torquilla, L. Wryneck. Local, principally in orchards in 

 the fruit districts, and at Keston and Farnborough (A.P.M.) ; 

 Dartford (W.J.D.) ; Bromley, rare (B.L.) ; Greenwich Park 

 (Fn.B.) ; Greenwich Park (A.D.W.) ; Lee, occasionally 

 (J.F.G.) ; Eltham, fairly common (B.W.A.). 



