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Gardens — Suggestions— Owls in Kensington Gardens 

 — Other West London open spaces — Eaxenscourt Park 

 as it was and as it is . . . . . . • 151 



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NOETH-WEST AND NOETH LONDON 



Open spaces on th6 borders of "West London — The Scrubs, 

 Old Oak Common, and Kensal Green Cemetery — North- 

 west district — Paddington Kecreation Groixnd, Kilburn 

 Park, ami adjoining oppn spaces — Eegent's Park de- 

 scribed — Attractive to birds, but not safe — Hampstead 

 Heath : its character and bird life — The ponds — A pair 

 of moorhens — An improvement suggested — North Lon- 

 don districts— Highgate Woods, Churchyard Bottom 

 Wood, Waterlow Park, and Highgate Cemetery — Fins- 

 bury Park — A paradise of thrushes — Clissold Park and 

 Abney Park Cemetery .... . 171 



CHAPTER XI 



EAST LONDON 



Condition of the East district — Large circular group of 

 open spaces^Hackney Downs and London Fields — 

 Victoria Park with Hackney Common — Smoky atmo- 

 sphere — Bird life — Lakes — An improvement suggested 

 — Chaffinch fanciers — Hackney Marsh with North and 

 South Jlill Fields — Unique character of the Marsh — 

 White House Fishery — The vanished sporting times — 

 Anecdotes — Collection of rare birds — A region of 

 marshes — Wanstead Old Park — Woodland character — 

 Bird life —Heronry and rookery — A suggestion . 192 



CHAPTEE XII 



SOUTH-EAST LONDON 



General survey of South London — South-east London : its 

 most populous portion — Three small open spaces — 



