Thus the Forest possesses in all seventy-two residents. The common buzzard, the merlin, the henharrier, the three owls, and as many woodpeckers, with the nuthatch and the stockdove, well indicate its woody and heathy character. Upon comparing this with Mr. More’s list of the residents of the Isle of Wight, we find that the Forest possesses fourteen more than that Island. The principal additions consist, as might be expected, of the common buzzard, black-grouse, green and great and lesser spotted woodpeckers, common snipe, and woodcock, although by the way the last, to my knowledge, breeds in the Island, as also probably the little grebe. The summer visitors are arranged by the date of the arrival of the main body, drawn partly from Mr. Rake’s and my own observations. In a few cases, as a further criterion, I have given the dates of their nesting spread over the last four years. Chiffchaff. (_Sylvia rufa_, Lath.) Arrives about the middle and end of March. Common. Wheatear. (_Sylvia ænanthe_, Lath.) Follows very close after the chiffchaff; but the bird is scarce. Sandmartin. (_Hirundo riparia_, Lath.) In 1862, Mr. Rake saw some specimens near Fordingbridge on March 15th, about a week earlier than usual. Martin. (_Hirundo urbica_, Lin.) Arrives with the sandmartin about the end of March, though sometimes both are seen a little earlier. Swallow. (_Hirundo rustica_, Lin.) Wryneck. (_Yunx torquilla_, Lin.) Generally to be heard about the end of March and beginning of April. Known in the Forest as the “Little Eten bird;” and from its cry the “Weet bird”. Mr. Ruke both heard and saw one as late as Dec. 5, 1861. Redstart. (_Sylvia phœnicurus_, Lath.) Beginning of April. Thicknee. (_Œdicnæmus crepitans_, Tem.) It is possible that some may remain to breed. Nightingale. (_Sylvia luscinia_, Lath.) About the middle of May their nests are mostly found in the Forest. Cuckoo. (_Cuculus canorus_, Lin.) May 26 and June 1 are the dates when I have found its eggs placed, in one case, at Baishley, in a hedge sparrow’s, and, in the other, on Beaulieu Common, in a titlark’s nest. Blackcap. (_Sylvia atricapilla_, Lath.) Arrives about the beginning and middle of April. Ray’s Wagtail. (_Motacilla campestris_, Pall.) Known in the New Forest as the “Barley bird,” as it appears about the time barley is sown. Probably does not breed. Grasshopper Warbler. (_Sylvia locustella_, Lath.) Breeds in the young plantations, but is by no means common. Sedge Warbler. (_Sylvia Phragmitis_, Bechst.) Very scarce. Willow Wren. (_Sylvia trochilus_, Lath.) Many are to be seen about the middle and end of April in the young enclosures, where I have frequently caught the bird on its nest. Wood Wren. (_Sylvia sibilatrix_, Bechst.) Its nests and eggs are generally found about the same time as the willow wren’s. Whitethroat. (_Sylvia cinerea_, Lath.) Common. Lesser Whitethroat. (_Sylvia curruca_, Lath.) Not abundant.