APPENDIX III, 



LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE NEW FOliEST DISTRICT. 



The best plau is, perhaps, to arrange the birds iu groups, ami to give a 

 short analysis of each section, so that the reader may be able to see at 

 a glance the more characteristic as well as rarer species. We will first 

 of all take the Residents. In making out this list I have been prin- 

 cipally guided — with of course certain exceptions — by the rule of 

 admitting eveiy bird whose nest has been found upon reliable evidence, 

 as we may be sure that for one nest which is discovered a dozen or 

 more remain undetected. 



Peregrine Falcon. (Falco peregri- 

 nus, Gmel.) As this bird breeds so near, 

 both in the Isle ot Wi<;ht nnd alonii; the 

 Dorsetshire eoast, it may he considered 

 as a resident. From difrcrent hsts before 

 me, rangiiifj over several years, it apiicars 

 to have been shot and trapped in the 

 Forest at all seasons. 



Mkklin. (Fa 1(0 a salon, Gmel.) Sec 

 Ciiajiter XXII., pj.. 200, 207. 



Kestrel. {Falco tinitunculus, Lin.) 

 Numerous. 



Si'ARRow Hawk. (Falco 7>isus,hm.) 

 More abundant than even the kestrel, 

 espeeially in the southern ])art ol the 

 Forest. 



Common Buzzard. (Falco bnteo, Lin.) 

 Breeds in nearly all tlie old woods, btit 

 is beeonung scarec. See ChajjterXXII., 

 p. 20.5. 



Marsh Harrier. (Circus cErmjino- 

 sus, Lin.) Rare. 



Hen Harrier. (Circuscyaneus,'L\i\.') 

 See Cliapter XXII., p. 208. This bird 

 has become much more numerous o( 

 late. No less than six or seven pairs 

 were, I am sorry to say, trapped last year. 



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Long -Eared Owl. (Strix otus, 

 Lin.) Not unfrequent. I have found it 

 nesting round Mark Ash and Boldre- 

 wood. Mr. Rake tells me that Anibur- 

 wood is also a favourite breeding station. 



Barn Owl. (Strix flanimva, Lin.) 

 Not so eomniou as might be exiiceteil. 



Tawnv Owl. (Strix aluco, Lin.) 

 Tlie most common oi' the three. Very 

 often this bird may be seen during the 

 day in the Forest mobbed by thrusiies 

 and blackbirds, and taking refuge in 

 some of the large ivy-bushes. 



Missel Tiire.sii. ( Tardus viscivorus, 

 Lin.) Known tbrougiiout the Forest 

 as tiie " Bull thrush." 



Song Tiiri'sii. (Turdus iiiusirus, 



Lin.) 



Blacichiri). (Turdus iiicruhi, Liu.) 

 Robin Redbreast. (Sylvia rubccula. 

 Lath.) 



Stonkciiat. (Si/lria ruliicula, Latii.) 

 Mr. Rake tells me that it breeds rather 

 jilentifully round Ogdens and Frogbam, 

 about two miles from Fordingl)riilge. I 

 have also had the eggs brought me from 

 Woottou. 

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