xiv BIBDS IK LOXDOK 



I'AGE 



destructive rough — The barbarians are few — Two inci- 

 dents at Clissold Park — Love of birds a common feeling 

 of the people . . . ... 270 



CHAPTEE XV 



THE CAT QUESTION 



The cat's unchangeable character — A check on the sparrows 

 — Number of sparrows in London — What becomes of 

 the annual increase — No natural check on the park 

 sparrows — Cats in the parks — Story of a cat at Batter- 

 sea Park — Rabbits destroyed by cats in Hyde Park — 

 Number of cats in London — Ownerless cats — Their 

 miserable condition — How cats are made ownerless — 

 How this evil may be reruedied — How to keep oats out 

 of the parks . . . . 284 



CHAPTEE XYI 



BIRDS FOB LONDON 



Eestoration of the rook — The Gray's Inn rookery — Sug- 

 gestions — On attracting rooks — Temple Gardens rookery 

 — Attempt to establish a rookery at Clissold Park — A 

 new colony of daws — Hawks — Domestic pigeons — An 

 abuse — Stock-dove and turtle-dove — Ornamental water- 

 fowl, pinioned and impinioned — Suggestions — Wild 

 water-fowl in the parks — Small birds for London — 

 Missel- thrush — Nuthatch — AVren — Loudness a merit — 

 Summer visitants to London — Kmgfisher — Hard-billed 

 birds — A use for the park sparrows — Natural checks — 

 A sanctuary described . . .... 304 



Bibliography ... . 330 



Index. , . . . 331 



