312 List of the Birds of the Neiv Forest District. [app. 



Fieldfare. (Turdus pilaris, Lin.) 

 Large numbers frequent the Forest, 

 where it is known as the "blacktail." 

 It especially frequents the hawthorn, 

 and seldom approaches the hollies till 

 the berries of the former arc all eaten. 



Siskin. {Ftnyilla spinns, Lin.) Now 

 and then taken by the birdcatchers. 



Lesser Redpole. (Fingilla linaria, 

 Lin.) I should not be surprised if this 

 was discovered to breed in the Forest, 

 as so many pair are seen late in the 

 spring. 



Crossbill. {Loxia curvirostra, Lin.) 

 Not uncommon. In Dec, 1861, a large 

 flock frequented the ])lantations round 

 Burley. A few ]iair are sometimes to 

 1)0 seen in the summer, and Mr. Farren 

 mentions a nest built in a fir-tree in a 

 garden near Lyndhurst, June, 18.58, 

 ort' which the birds were shot, but un- 

 fortunately not preserved, though their 

 identity is beyond dispute. 



Hooded Crow. {Corvus comix, 

 Lin.) Not unfrccpicnt. 



Golden Plover. (Charadrius 



pluvialis, Lin.) 



liiNGED Plover. {Cliaradrius fiiafi- 

 cala, Lin.) Known, with the dunlin, 

 in the neighbourhood of Cluistchurch 

 and Lymington, as the " oxbird." 



Sanderling. {Calidns arenaria, 

 Leach.) Not uncommon on the coast, 

 especially in Christchurch harbour. 



Bittern. {Ardca stellaiis, Lin.) 

 Not a year passes without several speci- 

 mens being brought to the bird stuffers. 

 Mr. Rake tells me that five were killed 

 close to Fordingbridge in the winter of 

 18.58. 



Curlew. {Numenms arquata, Lin.) 



Green Sandpiper. {Totarms ochro- 

 pufi, Tem.) Ratiicr common between 

 Lymington and Calshot Castle. Mr. 

 Rake informs me that a pair were shot 

 at Hale, on the borders of the New 

 Forest, April, 1858; and Mr. Hart 

 tells mc that he has shot several in 

 the summer in Stanpit Marsh. In 

 June, 1302, I saw several pair nenr 



Leap, so that it probably breeds on the 

 coast. 



Jack Snipe. {Scolopax gallinula, 

 Lin.) Mr. Cooper tells me that he has 

 known this bird lie so close that he has 

 walked up to it and caught it with his 

 hat. 



Knot. {Trinya Canutus,'Lm.') Not 

 uncommon during the spring at Christ- 

 church Harbour. Mr. Tanner has a 

 specimen in his collection, knocked 

 down with a stick by a boy. 



Dunlin. (Tri/iga i-ariabilis, Meyer.) 

 By no means uncommon. See Ringed 

 Plover. 



Grey-lag Goose. (^Anser ferns, 

 Steph.) 



Bean Goose. (^Armer segetum, 

 Gmel.) A stray bird from the Solent 

 sometimes finds its way to Whitten and 

 Ocknell ponds. 



Brent Goose. {Atiser bernicia, 

 Illig.) Locally known as the "Bran-, 

 goose." 



Hooper. (^Cj/gnus musicus, Tem.) 

 Pintail Duck. (^Anas acuta, Lin.) 

 WiGEON. (^Anas Penelope, Lin.) 

 Common Scoter. (Anas nigra, Lin.) 

 Pochard. {Anas ferina, Lin.) 

 Kno^\'n along the coast as the " red- 

 head " and " ker." 



Scaup Duck. {Anas marila, Lin.) 

 Tufted Duck. (Anasfidiyuta, Lin.) 

 Red-breasted Merganser. (Mergns 

 serrator, Lin.) Known to the fishermen 

 at Christchurch as the " razorbill." 



Great Crested Grebe. (Podiceps 

 cristatus. Lath.) Appears every winter 

 in Christchurch harbour, and may be 

 seen just cresting the waves, as they 

 break under the Barton CliflTs. Mr. Rake 

 informs me that specimens were killed 

 at Breamore, November, 1855, and 

 again, Jan., 1856. 



Great Northern Diver. {Coli/m- 

 hus glacialis, Lin.) 



Red Throated Diver. {Colymbus 

 septentrwnalis, Lin.) Not so common as 

 the last. 



G.\nnet. (Siila ISassana, Boie.) 



