336 



BIRDS IN LONDON 



Open spaces of London, 151, 

 171, 192, &o. 



comparative area of, in 



the several districts, 239 

 Owl, white, at Lambeth, 166 

 Owls, brown and white, in 



London, 4 

 in Kensington Gar- 

 dens, 165, 274 



at Hampstead, 178 



atBost6llWoods,230 



Oxeye, disappearance of, from 

 London, 158 



— possible reintroduction of, 

 319 



Parks, central, of London, 156 

 Partridge, the, at Kew, 267 

 Peacock feathers, use of, by 



moorhens, 96 

 Peckham Eye and Park, 230 



bird life in, 282, 233 



Pewit, the, at Wimbledon, 257 

 Pheasant, the, at Kew, 267 

 Phillips, Mr. Ml B., his tame 



crow, 49 

 Pigeon, domestic, increase of, in 



London, 53 

 need of check on, 313 



— homing, shot on Hampstead 

 Marsh, 208 



Pike, destruction of waterfowl 



by, 213 

 Pinioning, 315 

 Plumstead, 225 

 Ponds, provision for bird life on, 



180, 196 



— small, swans on, 247 

 Putney Heath, 255 



Queen's Park, Kilburn, 172 



— private grounds at Kew, 267 



Queen's private grounds at Kew, 

 proposed opening of, 269 



Babbits in Hyde Park, destruc- 

 tion of, by oats, 293 

 Eanelagh Sporting Club, 252 

 Raptorial birds, their possible 



reintroduction, 312, 325 

 Baven, bracelet stolen by, 26 

 Eavens, their former presence 

 in London, 25 



— fate of the last pair, 25 



— duel in Eegent's Park, 27 



— savagery towards their young, 

 127 



Bavenscourt Park, 168 

 Eegent's Park, 173 

 Bichmond Park, 261 

 Bing, theft and restoration of, 



by rook, 75 

 Bingdove, see Woodpigeon 

 Eobiris,. growing scarceness of,, 



124, 159 



— their intolerant spirit, 126, 

 127 



— annual scattering of, 140 

 Boding, the river, 211 



Book, tame, curious customs of, 



73-77 

 Bookery in Gray's Inn Gardens, 



70 



— in Kensington Gardens, fate 

 of, 77-84 



Bookeries, 178, 212, 235, 250, 



258 

 Books, daws joining a company 



of, 56, 138 



— approaching disappearance 

 of, 70 



— their characteristics, 72 



— • their winter roosting places, 

 138 



