INDEX 



337 



Eooks at Eichmond, 257 



— proposed reintroduction of, 

 to London, 305, 309 



Eook shooting, herons soared by, 

 214 



not approved of by rooks, 



258 



' Eough,' the, his hunting in- 

 stincts, 278 



St. James's Paek, Httle grebes 



nesting at, 98 

 as a winter bird resort, 



147 

 Sanctuary for birds at Caen 



Wood, 326 I 



Sanctuaries for birds, need of, [ 



163, 179, 213 

 Scavengers, birds as, 2, 8, 24, 



44, 46 

 Serpentine, suicide of raven in, j 



27 

 — r need of an island refuge in, 



164 

 ' Shindies,' sparrows', 113 

 Shooting of ducks in Hyde Park, 



37 

 Shrubs for parks, native prefer- 

 able to exotic, 17, 164, 185, 



215 

 Singing matches of chaffinches, 



198 

 Skylark, 144, 205, 209, 257 

 Soaring birds, appreciation of 



height helped by, 53, 264 

 Soho Square, woodpigeons nest- 

 ing in, 91 

 Southwark Park, 219 



bird life in, 220 



Sparrow, a tame, 108 

 — a love-sick, 112 



Sparrows, companionship of, 7 



— their predominance, 105 



— intelligence, 107 



— domestic irregularities. 111 



— ' shindies,' 113 



— vesper song, 115 



— pugnacity of those at the 

 Tower, 141 



— cats as check on increase of, 

 285, 325 



— naturally tree birds, 287 



— utilisation of, as foster- 

 parents, 323 



— present attempts to check 

 their number, 324 



Species of birds lost to London, 



197, 271 



decrease of, 272 



proposed restoration of, 



304 

 Spoonbills, their former presence 



at Fulham, 2, 252 

 ' Sport,' fascination of, 199 

 Stables, Dr. Gordon, on domestic 



relations of sparrows. 111 

 Stanley, Bishop, on moorhens, 



95 

 Starlings as London birds, 116 



— labour of, in feeding their 

 young, 117, 120 



— variety of their notes, 119 



— autumnal gatherings of, 139 

 Stock-dove in London, 103 



— possibility of its reintro- 

 duction, 31 



' Straying ' of cats, 299 

 Streatham Common, 248 



bird life on, 250 



Suburbs, abundance of birds in 



the, 155 

 Suggestion as to white daws, 



66 



