Meadow Pipit. (_Anthus pratensis_, Bechst.) The “Butty lark,” that is, companion bird, of the New Forest; so called because it is often seen pursuing the cuckoo, which the peasant takes to be a sign of attachment instead of anger. Rock Pipit. (_Anthus obscurus_, Keys and Bl.) Inhabits the muddy shores of the south-eastern district. Sky Lark. (_Alauda arvensis_, Lin.) Wood Lark. (_Alauda arborea_, Lin.) Mr. Rake found its nest on Goreley race-course, near Fordingbridge, on the 2nd of April, 1861, with three eggs. Common Bunting. (_Emberiza miliaria_, Lin.) Blackheaded Bunting. (_Emberiza schœniclus_, Lin.) Yellow Hammer. (_Emberiza citrinella_, Lin.) Cirl Bunting. (_Emberiza cirlus_, Lin.) I have had its eggs brought to me from the neighbourhood of Wootton; and Mr. Farren found a nest with three eggs in 1861, close to the village of Brockenhurst. Chaffinch. (_Fringilla cœlebs_, Lin.) The “Chink” of the New Forest. House Sparrow. (_Fringilla domestica_, Lin.) Greenfinch. (_Fringilla chloris_, Lin.) Hawfinch. (_Fringilla coccothraustes_, Lin.) A few pair now and then certainly remain in the Forest to breed, though I have never been fortunate enough to obtain their eggs. Great quantities were killed at Burley in the spring of 1858. Goldfinch. (_Fringilla carduelis_, Lin.) Bullfinch. (_Loxia pyrrhula_, Lin.) Always to be seen very busy in November amongst the young buds just formed, in the cottage gardens near the Forest. Starling. (_Sturnus vulgaris_, Lin.) Raven. (_Corvus corax_, Lin.) Becoming very scarce. _See_ Chapter XXII., pp. 269, 270. Crow. (_Corvus corone_, Lin.) Rook. (_Corvus frugilegus_, Lin.) Jackdaw. (_Corvus monedula_, Lin.) Jay. (_Corvus glandarius_, Lin.) Green Woodpecker. (_Picus viridis_, Lin.) “The yaffingale” and “woodnacker” of the Forest. Spotted Woodpecker. (_Picus major_, Lin.) Both this and the next are known throughout the Forest as the “wood-pie.” Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker. (_Picus minor_, Lin.) Creeper. (_Certhia familiaris_, Lin.) Builds in the holes of the old ash and thorn trees. _See_, however, Chapter XXII., p. 271. Wren. (_Troglodytes Europæus_, Cuv.) Nuthatch. (_Sitta Europæa_, Lin.) Kingfisher. (_Alcedo ispida_, Lin.) Not very common, yet it may now and then be seen at Darrat’s stream, near Lyndhurst, the brook in the Queen’s Bower Wood, and the Osmanby Ford river, near Wootton. Ringdove. (_Columba palumbus_, Lin.) Stockdove. (_Columba ænas_, Lin.) Numerous, building in the holes of the old beech-trees. Pheasant. (_Phasianus Colchicus_, Lin.) Black Grouse. (_Tetrao tetrix_, Lin.) Feeds on the young shoots of heather and larch, seeds of grass, blackberries and acorns, and I have seen it repeatedly perching in the hawthorns for the sake of the berries. The “heath poult” of the Forest. Partridge. (_Perdix cinerea_, Lath.) Lapwing. (_Vanellus cristatus_, Meyer.)