334 



BIRDS IN LONDON 



Herons, increase of, at Eiohmond, 



263 

 Heronry at Wanstead, 212 

 Hibbert, the late Mr. Shirley, 



on robins in London, 124 

 on London birds, 



152 

 Highbury Fields, 191 

 Highgate Cemetery, manifest 



destiny of, 186 

 — Woods, characteristics of, 183 

 Holland Park, difficulties of 



ducks in, 39 



as bird sanctuary, 157 



Hyde Park, bird-feeders in, 15 



destruction of ravens in, 25 



decrease of birds in, 275 



Island refuges, need of, as sanc- 

 tuaries, 164, 275 

 in Battersea Park, 242 



Jackdaw, a tame, 58 



— his egg-stealing avenged, 61 



— his parting visit, 63 



— at Clissold Park, 310 



— wild daws attracted by, 311 

 Jackdaws, their rarity in London, 



52 



— as cathedral birds, 53, 264 



— colony of, at Kensington, 55 



— their relations with rooks, 

 56, 138 



— short visit of, to Clissold 

 Park, 57 



— white, 63 



— abundance of, at Eichmond, 

 262 



Jay, its absence from the inner 

 parks, 23 



Jay at Streatham, 250 



— at Wimbledon, 257 



— at Eichmond, 263 



— at Kew, 267 



' Jenny,' the Tower raven, 29 



Kbmpshall, Mr., loaf-steaUng 

 crow observed by, 45 



Kennington Park, 219 



bird life in, 221 



Kensington Gardens, raven in, 

 27 



daws in, 55, 274 



former rookery in, 77-82 



a stranger's first view of, 



78 



destruction of trees in, 



79-85 



Matthew Arnold on, 161 



owls in, 165, 274 



Kestrels at Hackney Marsh, 206 



Kew Gardens, 265 



bird life in, 267 



Kilburn, open spaces in, 172 



Kimber, Sergeant, his experi- 

 ments in Clissold Park, 309 



Kingfisher in Battersea Park, 

 293 



— suggestion for encouragement 

 of, 322 



Kite, its former office as sca- 

 venger, 2 



— destruction of last nest of, 

 121 



Lambeth Palace, skylarks in 

 grounds of, 144 



white owl at, 166 



Lea Eiver, swans on the, 205 

 former fishing in the, 206 



