INDEX 



335 



Leg of Mutton Pond, moorhens 



on the, 180 

 Lethal chamber suggested for 



cats, 300 

 * London,' ambiguity of the term, 



2 

 London, toleration of, by birds, 



275 

 — absorption of country by, 286 

 London districts : 



East, 192 



North and North-west, 172 



South, 216 



South-east, 218 



South-west, 237 



West, 156 

 London Fields, 194 

 Longevity of birds, 110, 324 



Macaulay, T. B., recollections 



of Clapham Common, 244 

 Magpie, rarity of, in London, 20 



— fate of last pair at Hamp- 

 stead, 22 



Mallard, imperfect domestica- 

 tion of, 38 



— nesting in trees, 39 

 Mansfield, Lord, birds in his 



grounds, 178, 181 

 Marsh lands by the Thames, 210 

 Melf ord, Mr. Mark, daws rescued 



by, 59 



— Mrs., her tame jackdaw, 59- 

 63 



Middlesex, remains of primaeval 



forest of, 184 

 Migration as seen in London, 



129-133 

 Minet, Mr. WilHam, Myatt's 



Fields given by, 219 

 Missel-thrush at Kew, 267 



Missel-thrush, possible reintro- 

 duction of, 318 



Moat, the, at Bishop's Park, 

 Fulham, 251 



Moat-hen, early name for moor- 

 hen, 94 



Moorhens, the, in London, 94 



— decorative tastes of, 96 



— their dislike of dabchicks, 100 



— their autumnal movements, 

 138 



— on Hampstead Heath, 180 



— half-grown, as parents' as- 

 sistants, 181 



Moule, Mr. E. C. H., on the 

 birds of Hampstead, 179 



Mouser, the crow as, 49 



Movements of London birds, 

 diurnal, 38, 42, 145 



— seasonal, 129 et supra 



Myatt's Fields, 219 



Nests in parks, &o., taking of, 



276 

 Newton, Professor, as to the 



Temple Gardens rookery, 307 

 Night in Kensington Gardens, 



38 

 Nightingale in Bostell Woods, 



230 

 — ■ at Streatham, 250 

 — increasing rarity of, 268 

 Northey, Sir E., rooks brought 



to Temple Gardens by, 307 

 Nunhead Cemetery, 233 

 Nuthatch, possible introduction 



of the, 318 



Offerings to mistress by tame 

 rook, 74 



