INDEX 



333 



Decoys, action of tame birds as, 



312, 314 

 Dogs, number of, as compared to 



cats, 294 



— number destroyed under the 

 muzzling order, 300 



Ducks of the Serpentine, 34 



— annual shooting of, 36 



— in Holland Park, domestic 

 dif&oulties of, 40 



— terror of, on sight of crow, 41 

 Dulwich Park, bird life in, 234 



East-bndees, their regard for 

 the chaffinch, 197 



East London, paucity of breath- 

 ing spaces in, 192 



Eggs, ducks', stolen from Ken- 

 sington Gardens, 40 



■ — proposed substitution of, 306, 

 317, 818, 323 



Egg-stealing by jackdaw, 61 



Enfield, the ' Raven Tree ' at, 25 



Exotic shrubs, 17, 164, 185, 215 



Fence against oats, need of, 301 



Fieldfares in London, 131, 178 



Finsbury Park, 187 



Flycatcher, spotted, at Havens- 

 court Park, 170 



in Kew Gardens, 267 



Fowls, attack of, on marauding 

 jackdaw, 61 



Fuel-gatherers, 86 



FuUiam, former presence of 

 spoonbills and herons at, 2, 

 252 



— Bishop's Park at, 251 



Geese, wild, flying over London, 

 132 



Gray's Inn Gardens, rookery in,. 



70 

 destruction of kite's 



nest in, 121 

 — ■ suggestion as to rooks 



in, 305 

 Grebe, the little, as a London 



bird, 97 



his nest, 99 



defends his nest against 



swans, 100 



in St. James's Park, 102 



seasonal movements of, 



137 



at Kew, 267 



as possible foster parents 



to crested grebe, 317 

 Greenwich Park, former rookery 



in, 77 

 — — indiscriminate tree-lop- 

 ping in, 224 



bird life in, 225 



Gulls, black-headed, in London, 



145 

 feeding on sprats, 148 



Hackney Downs, 194 



— Marsh, 201 



— — cream-coloured courser 

 shot at, 209 



Hampstead, last of the magpies 

 at, 22 



— nesting place of crow at, 43 



— Heath, 176 

 birds of, 178 



Haws, woodpigeons feeding on, 



135 

 Hedge-sparrows, rarity of, in 



Kensington Gardens, 159 

 Herons, former nesting of, at 



Fulham, 2, 252 



