332 



BIBDS IN LONDON 



Carrion crows in London, 32 



mock battle of, 33 



daily flight of, 42 



modification of feeding 



habits, 44 



— — picking food from the 

 river, 46 



— — visits of, to tlae Zoological 

 Gardens, 175 



Cat, a, on a Battersea island, 291 

 Cathedrals, sesthetic value of 



davirs to, 53, 264 

 Cats, need of their exclusion 



from bird preserves, 163, 221, 



276, 284 



— connection betvyeen sparrows 

 and, 285 



— deliberate ' straying ' of, 299 



— suggestion as to disposal of, 

 300 



— present attempts at exclusion 

 of, from parks, 801 



— destruction of low-nesting 

 birds by, 290 



— their numbers in London, 

 294 



— ownerless, 295 

 Cemeteries : 



Kensal Green, 172 

 Abney Park, 190 

 established on Barnes Com- 

 mon, 254 

 their future use, 171, 186, 234 

 Chaffinch, the, as songster, 12 



— its winter resorts, 144 



— its return to London, 158 



— from the bird-fancier's point 

 of view, 197-200 



— care of nest of, at CUssold 

 , Park, 280 



Changes in bird population, 5, 

 267, 273 



Changes in habits of birds, 93 

 ' Chapel,' a sparrows', 114, 288 

 Checks, natural, to sparrow in- 

 crease, 325 



— needed, on pigeon increase, 

 313 



Churchyard Bottom Wood, 184 

 City, woodpigeons nesting in 



the, 91 

 Clapham Common, 243 

 Clissold Park, crows formerly 

 in, 45 



hasty visit of daws to, 57 



woodpigeons in, 91 



description of, 189 



regard for bird life in, 190, 



280 



bird experiments in, 309 



Corncrake, its occasional pre- 

 sence at Hampstead, 178 

 County Council, their aim in 

 bird protection, 17 



— — their management of 

 Hampstead Heath, 182 



— — their improvements in 

 Hackney Marsh, 202-208 



at Peckham Eye Park, 



231 



their swans, 247 



• suggested care of birds by, 



282 

 suggested action of, as to 



stray cats, 302 

 Courser, cream-coloured, shot at 



Hackney, 209 

 Crows, species of, in London, 



20,29 



Dabchick, see Grebe 

 Darkness of London winter, 

 birds affected by, 106 



