Whinchat. (_Sylvia rubetra_, Lath.) Known throughout the Forest as the “Furze Hacker.” Tree Pipit. (_Anthus arboreus_, Bechst.) Common. Reed Wren. (_Sylvia arundinacea_, Lath.) The five foregoing species come much about the same time, namely, the end of April, but the reed wren is excessively scarce in the Forest, and I have only once or twice heard its note in the Beaulieu river. Mr. Hart assures me that it builds on the banks of the Avon, but its nest has yet to be found. Landrail. (_Gallinula crex_, Lath.) About the end of April or beginning of May. A good many yearly build round Milton, and the south parts of the Forest, and even in the interior, as at Fritham and Alum Green. Common Sandpiper. (_Totanus hypoleucos_, Tem.) A pair now and then remain to breed at Whitten pond, near Burley, and also at Ocknell. Turtle Dove. (_Columba turtur_, Lin.) Not uncommon. Makes a slight framework of heather for a nest, which it places in a furze bush or low holly. Is extremely shy, and easily forsakes its eggs. Swift. (_Cypselus apus_, Illig.) Nightjar. (_Caprimulgus Europæus_, Lin.) Known throughout the Forest as the “Night Hawk,” “Night Crow,” “Ground Hawk,” from its habits, and manner of flying. I have received its eggs at all dates, from the middle of May to the end of July. Spotted Flycatcher. (_Muscicapa grisola_, Lin.) Arrives about the same time as the three preceding, namely, the beginning of May. Redbacked Shrike. (_Lanius collurio_, Lin.) Hobby. (_Falco subbuteo_, Lath.) Generally breeds from the beginning to the end of June. Mr. Farren, however, in 1861, found a nest containing three eggs so early as May 28th. See Chapter XXII. p. 261. Honey Buzzard. (_Falco apivorus_, Lin.) Never arrives before the end of May. See Chapter xxii. pp. 262-265. Puffin. (_Mormon fratercula_, Tem.) Comes to the Barton cliffs from the Isle of Wight, where it breeds. Here, as before, the list clearly indicates the nature of the country. The wheatear proclaims the down-like spaces on the tops of the hills, whilst the hobby and the honey-buzzard tell of the vast extent of woods. In the following division the winter birds speak, instead, of the morasses and bogs, and the river estuaries and mudbanks, which surround the Forest district. Shorteared Owl. (_Strix brachyotus_, Gmel.) Not uncommon. Mr. Cooper, the Forest Keeper to whom I have before referred, tells me that in winter and late in the autumn for twenty years past he has invariably met specimens in heathy and marshy spots at Harvestslade between Burley and Boldrewood. A specimen was killed in November, 1860, in Dibden Bottom, by L. H. Cumberbatch, Esq. Fieldfare. (_Turdus pilaris_, Lin.) Large numbers frequent the Forest, where it is known as the “blacktail.” It especially frequents the hawthorn, and seldom approaches the hollies till the berries of the former are all eaten. Siskin. (_Fingilla spinus_, Lin.) Now and then taken by the birdcatchers.