decided to put this bird among the residents. Yarrell (vol. i., 434)
mentions it breeding near Fordingbridge, close to the upper boundary of
the Forest.
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.)
Heron. (_Ardea cinerea_, Lath.) _See_ Chapter XXII., pp. 273, 274. I
have known a pair lay, in one instance, at Boldrewood, as late as June
23rd.
Common Redshank. (_Totanus calidris_, Lin.) This bird is certainly a
resident throughout the year. I have repeatedly put it up during the
autumn in some of the swamps near Stoney Cross, more especially in the
evening, when it will hover round and round, just keeping overhead, not
unlike a pewit. Several nests are yearly taken. Last year Mr. Farren
found one near Burley, April 4th, with a single egg, and another, May
3rd, containing four, at Bishopsditch.
Woodcock. (_Scolopax rusticola_, Lin.) Breeds in great numbers in some
seasons.
Common Snipe. (_Scolopax gallinago_, Lin.) The greatest numbers occur in
December, though many remain to breed not only in the “bottoms” of the
Forest, but the meadows of the Avon. Mr. Rake informs me that a Sabine’s
snipe (_Scolopax Sabini_, Vigors), which is now generally regarded as
only a melanism of this species, was shot at Picket Post, Jan., 1859.
Another was shot not far from the borders of the Forest, at Heron Court,
1836.
Water Rail. (_Rallus aquaticus_, Lin.) Most common in the winter. Some
few, however, breed in the valley of the Osmanby Ford stream, where I
have seen a pair or two in the summer time.
Coot. (_Fulica atra_, Lin.) A straggler generally every year remains to
breed on the Avon.
Mute Swan. (_Cygnus olor_, Boie.) Large numbers belonging to Lord
Normanton’s swannery may be always seen on the Avon, near Fordingbridge
and Ibbesley.
Wild Duck. (_Anas boschas_, Lin.) Breeds, like the teal, in most of the
bottoms throughout the Forest, as also in the Avon. The fowlers round
Exbury say that the wigeon, too, stays to nest; but I do not know of any
authenticated case. Mr. Rake has observed the tufted duck as late in the
year as May.
Teal. (_Anas crecca_, Lin.)
Little Grebe. (_Podiceps minor_, Lath.) Known in the Forest as the
di-dapper. A few breed in the Boldre Water, and, perhaps, even in the
Osmanby Ford stream. Mr. Rake tells me that it breeds plentifully in the
Avon, between Fordingbridge and Downton.
Guillemot. (_Uria troile_, Lath.) Locally known as the “spratter.”
Razorbill. (_Alca torda_, Lin.)
Cormorant. (_Carbo cormoranus_, Meyer.) Locally known as the “Isle of
Wight parson.”
Shag. (_Carbo cristatus_, Tem.)
Herring Gull. (_Lotus argentatus_, Brün.) It is to be seen at all
seasons with the four birds above mentioned, breeding like them in the
Freshwater Cliffs of the Isle of Wight. The shag and the cormorant were
the commonest birds along the south-east coast of the Forest in Gilpin’s
time (vol. II. pp. 172, 302, third edition), but are now becoming rare;
and Mr. More, in his excellent account of the birds of the Isle of
Wight, doubts whether more than one or two pairs now annually breed in
the Island.
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.
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.
Lesser Redpole. (_Fingilla linaria_, Lin.) I should not be surprised if
this was discovered to breed in the Forest, as so many pair are seen
late in the spring.
Crossbill. (_Loxia curvirostra_, Lin.) Not uncommon. In Dec., 1861, a
large flock frequented the plantations round Burley. A few pair are
sometimes to be seen in the summer, and Mr. Farren mentions a nest built
in a fir-tree in a garden near Lyndhurst, June, 1858, off which the
birds were shot, but unfortunately not preserved, though their identity
is beyond dispute.
Hooded Crow. (_Corvus cornix_, Lin.) Not unfrequent.
Golden Plover. (_Charadrius pluvialis_, Lin.)
Ringed Plover. (_Charadrius hiaticula_, Lin.) Known, with the dunlin, in
the neighbourhood of Christchurch and Lymington, as the “oxbird.”
Sanderling. (_Calidris arenaria_, Leach.) Not uncommon on the coast,
especially in Christchurch harbour.
Bittern. (_Ardea stellaris_, Lin.) Not a year passes without several
specimens being brought to the bird stuffers. Mr. Rake tells me that
five were killed close to Fordingbridge in the winter of 1858.
Curlew. (_Numenius arquata_, Lin.)
Green Sandpiper. (_Totanus ochropus_, Tem.) Rather common between
Lymington and Calshot Castle. Mr. Rake informs me that a pair were shot
at Hale, on the borders of the New Forest, April, 1858; and Mr. Hart
tells me that he has shot several in the summer in Stanpit Marsh. In
June, 1862, I saw several pair near Leap, so that it probably breeds on
the coast.
Jack Snipe. (_Scolopax gallinula_, Lin.) Mr. Cooper tells me that he has
known this bird lie so close that he has walked up to it and caught it
with his hat.
Knot. (_Tringa Canutus_, Lin.) Not uncommon during the spring at
Christchurch Harbour. Mr. Tanner has a specimen in his collection,
knocked down with a stick by a boy.
Dunlin. (_Tringa variabilis_, Meyer.) By no means uncommon. See Ringed
Plover.
Grey-lag Goose. (_Anser ferus_, Steph.)
Bean Goose. (_Anser segetum_, Gmel.) A stray bird from the Solent
sometimes finds its way to Whitten and Ocknell ponds.
Brent Goose. (_Anser bernicla_, Illig.) Locally known as the
“Bran-goose.”
Hooper. (_Cygnus musicus_, Tem.)
Pintail Duck. (_Anas acuta_, Lin.)
Wigeon. (_Anas Penelope_, Lin.)
Common Scoter. (_Anas nigra_, Lin.)
Pochard. (_Anas ferina_, Lin.) Known along the coast as the “redhead”
and “ker.”
Scaup Duck. (_Anas marila_, Lin.)
Tufted Duck. (_Anas fuligula_, Lin.)
Red-breasted Merganser. (_Mergus serrator_, Lin.) Known to the fishermen
at Christchurch as the “razorbill.”
Great Crested Grebe. (_Podiceps cristatus_, Lath.) Appears every winter
in Christchurch harbour, and may be seen just cresting the waves, as
they break under the Barton Cliffs. Mr. Rake informs me that specimens
were killed at Breamore, November, 1855, and again, Jan., 1856.
Great Northern Diver. (_Colymbus glacialis_, Lin.)
Red-Throated Diver. (_Colymbus septentrionalis_, Lin.) Not so common as
the last.
Gannet. (_Sula Bassana_, Boie.)
Blackheaded Gull. (_Larus ridibundus_, Lin.)
Kittiwake. (_Larus tridactylus_, Lath.)
Common Gull. (_Larus canus_, Lin.)
Lesser Blackbacked Gull. (_Larus fuscus_, Lin.) Used formerly to breed
in the Freshwater Cliffs of the Isle of Wight.
Great Blackbacked Gull. (_Larus marinus_, Lin.)
The difficulty in the foregoing list has been to decide which species to
insert or omit. Many which I have left out, others, perhaps, would have
given, will be found placed amongst my last catalogue of stragglers. But
before we take these, let me mention two birds of double passage which
visit the Forest.
Ring-ousel. (_Turdus torquatus_, Lin.) A few appear in the spring, but
the greater body in the autumn, when they frequent the yews and mountain
ashes, being especially fond of the sweet berries of the former. They
will hide and skulk, much as a blackbird does, in the furze and
brambles, and old thick hedges on the borders of the Forest. Mr. Rake
sends me the following interesting note: “An intelligent working man,
somewhat, too, of an ornithologist, told me that a few years since he
took its nest with four or five eggs, near Ringwood, having a distinct
view of the bird as she left the nest.”
The Dotterel. (_Charadrius morinellus_, Lin.) Little flocks of them may
be seen in the Forest in April, and again in the autumn; but they stay
only for a few days.
These are the only two birds which I can satisfactorily class as being
truly of double passage. The common sandpiper remains to breed, whilst
the grey plover and the whimbrel are killed in the depth of winter. The
common redshank, which is generally placed in this division, remains all
the year, and the greenshank is seen in the summer, whilst the
bar-tailed godwit appears too seldom to admit of being classified in
this section. We will therefore go on to the next list, which includes
all those birds that cannot be arranged in the foregoing divisions, with
the rare stragglers which are driven here by accident, or only appear at
uncertain intervals.
Golden Eagle. (_Falco chrysaëtos_, Lin.) The last seen was killed,
according to Mr. Hart, about twenty years ago, at the mouth of
Christchurch harbour.
Spotted Eagle. (_Falco nævius_, Gmel.) A fine male specimen was shot,
Dec. 28th, 1861, by a keeper of Lord Normanton’s, in the plantations
near Somerley. The bird had been noticed for some days previously
hovering over the Forest. Mr. Rake, who saw it in the flesh, tells me
that the wings measured six feet from tip to tip, and its weight was
exactly eight pounds.
White-tailed Eagle. (_Falco albicilla_, Gmel.) _See_ Chapter XXII., p.
260.
Osprey. (_Falco haliæëtus_, Lin.) Might almost be classed as a regular
visitor in the autumn along the coast.
Goshawk. (_Falco palumbarius_, Lin.) Sometimes a stray bird is killed.
Kite. (_Falco milvus_, Lin.) Very scarce. Mr. Farren, however, in April,
1861, was lucky enough to see a solitary bird; and another, as L. H.
Cumberbatch, Esq., informs me, was trapped at New Park, about six years
ago, in the winter.
Rough-legged Buzzard. (_Falco lagopus_, Brün.) Mr. Rake informs me that
a specimen was trapped near Fordingbridge, in the summer of 1857. It is,
however, more generally noticed later in the year.
Little Owl. (_Strix passerina_, Lath.) When Mr. Farren first mentioned
this bird as breeding in the Forest, I was somewhat incredulous.
Subsequent inquiries, however, have left no doubt on my mind that the
bird is sometimes seen, though mistaken for a hawk. Mr. Farren, as far
back as 1859, found two eggs in a hole of an oak, which seem to have
been those of this bird; and in 1862 I received information of a hawk
laying white eggs in a hollow tree, but which were unfortunately broken.
I hope, however, some day to be able to give more satisfactory
information on the subject.
Ash-coloured Harrier. (_Falco cineraceus_, Mont.) Mr. Hart has, during
the last twenty years, received three or four specimens to stuff—one in
the winter of 1861. Mr. Farren saw a male bird, April, 1861.
Great Grey Shrike. (_Lanius excubitor_, Lin.) A straggler is now and
then killed by the Forest keepers.
Woodchat Shrike. (_Lanius rufus_, Briss.) As some pairs are sometimes to
be seen in the summer, I should not be surprised to hear of its
breeding, more especially as Mr. Bond has obtained its eggs in the Isle
of Wight.
Pied Flycatcher. (_Muscicapa atricapilla_, Lin.) A specimen was shot by
the late Mr. Toomer, Forest keeper, June, 1857; but I cannot learn
whether male or female.
White’s Thrush. (_Turdus Whitei_, Eyton.) Two specimens have been
obtained; one in the actual Forest shot by a Forest keeper, and which
passed into Mr. Bigge’s collection; and the other, not far from its
borders at Heron Court, by Lord Malmesbury, and which is figured in
Yarrell, vol. i., p. 202. For the best account of this bird see Mr.
Tomes’ description in the _Ibis_, vol. i., number iv., p. 379, of a
specimen killed in Warwickshire.
Golden Oriole. (_Oriolus galbula_, Lin.) A specimen was killed in the
Forest by one of the keepers, some fifteen years ago.
Black Redstart. (_Sylvia tithys_, Scop.) I am almost inclined to put
this, as Mr. Knox has done in his excellent _Ornithological Rambles_
(page 193), and Mr. More in his list of the birds of the Isle of Wight,
among the winter visitors, so many examples having occurred.
Great Sedge Warbler. (_Sylvia turdoides_, Meyer.) Mr. Farren, in June,
1858, found between Brockenhurst and Lyndhurst, a nest, containing five
eggs, which were supposed to be those of this bird, and were exhibited
at a meeting of the Linnæan Society. They are now, I believe, in the
collection of Mr. Seeley.
Firecrested Regulus. (_Regulus ignicapillus_, Nawm.) Sometimes seen in
the winter, but rare.
Crested Titmouse. (_Parus cristatus_, Lin.) Mr. Hart has once only
received a specimen, killed in Stanpit Marsh, near Christchurch. The
bird has also been killed in the Isle of Wight.
Bearded Titmouse. (_Parus biarmicus_, Lin.) I once received the eggs of
this bird, taken amongst the reeds of the Boldre stream,—the only
instance, I believe, of its breeding so far south. The bird has also
been seen near Christchurch, among the rushes close to the mouth of the
harbour.
Bohemian Waxwing. (_Bombycilla garrula_, Flem.) Mr. Hart tells me that a
specimen was shot about twelve years ago at Milton, on the south border
of the Forest.
Grayheaded Wagtail. (_Motacilla neglecta_, Gould.) Very rare; but has,
on Mr. Hart’s authority, been killed.
Short-toed Lark. (_Alauda brachydactyla_, Leisl.) A specimen, caught not
far from the Forest boundary, is now in the Rev. J. Pemberton Bartlett’s
aviary. See _The Zoologist_, March, 1862, p. 7930.
Snow Bunting. (_Emberiza nivalis_, Lin.) A few are occasionally seen
during hard winters.
Brambling. (_Fringilla montifringilla_, Lin.) Occurs like the former
bird only during severe frosts. Mr. Rake informs me that a pair were
killed near Fordingbridge, in February, 1853.
Tree Sparrow. (_Fringilla montana_, Lin.) Rare.
Mealy Redpole. (_Fringilla borealis_, Tem.) Sometimes caught by the
birdcatchers.
Parrot Crossbill. (_Loxia pityopsittacus_, Bechst.) Mr. Rake informs me
that one was killed at Breamore, Nov. 28th, 1855, out of a flock of a
dozen, and that a few days afterwards several more were killed.
Rose-coloured Pastor. (_Pastor roseus_, Tem.) A fine male was shot some
twenty years ago, by Mr. Hart’s brother, at Purewell.
Chough. (_Pyrrhocorax graculus_, Tem.) Becoming every year more scarce.
See Chapter XXII., pp. 274, 275.
Great Black Woodpecker. (_Picus martius_, Lin.) On its breeding habits
in Sweden, see Mr. Simpson’s account in the _Ibis_, vol. i., p. 264,
which agrees about the bird not making a fresh hole, as described at pp.
272, 273.
Hoopoe. (_Upupa epops_, Lin.) See Chapter XXII., p. 274.
White-bellied Swift. (_Cypselus alpinus_, Tem.) Mr. Hart informs me that
a specimen was killed about ten years ago over Christchurch harbour.
Rock Dove. (_Columba livia_, Briss.)
Red-legged Partridge. (_Perdix rubra_, Briss.) Introduced many years ago
by the late Mr. Baring, of Somerley; but very few, if any, are left.
Quail. (_Perdix coturnix_, Lath.) Sometimes to be seen amongst the
covies of partridges in the fields adjoining the Forest.
Great Bustard. (_Otis tarda_, Lin.) The last bustard, as mentioned in
Chapter II., p. 14, foot-note, was seen about twenty-five years ago by
one of the Forest keepers, near Eyeworth Wood; but though on horseback,
he could not overtake the bird, which ran across Butt’s Plain, aiding
itself by flapping its wings.
Little Bustard. (_Otis tetrax_, Lin.) A female was shot some years ago
near Heron Court; and is in Lord Malmesbury’s collection. _See_ Eyton’s
Rarer British Birds, p. 99.
Kildeer Plover. (_Charadrius vociferus_, Lin.) This rare straggler, the
only one ever known to have been seen in England, was shot, April, 1859,
in a potato field close to Knapp Mill, near Christchurch, by a man of
the name of Dowding, who was attracted to it by its peculiar flight,
such as is described by Audubon, as also by its monotonous cry, from
which its name is taken. The bird was brought in the flesh to Mr. Hart,
and is now in the collection of J. Tanner, Esq. The vignette at p. 318
well shows its difference from the common ring dotterel.
Little Ringed Plover. (_Charadrius minor_, Meyer.) Very rare. Mr. Hart
has only had one specimen, brought to him many years ago.
Grey Plover. (_Vanellus melanogaster_, Bechst.) Not uncommon during
severe winters in the harbours along the coast.
Turnstone. (_Strepsilas interpres_, Ill.) Not uncommon. My friend, Mr.
Tanner, has killed both male and female in summer plumage.
Oyster-catcher. (_Hæmatopus ostralegus_, Lin.) By no means uncommon.
Purple Heron. (_Ardea purpurea_, Lin.) One or two specimens have
occasionally been shot.
Little Egret. (_Ardea garzetta_, Lin.) Mr. Rake informs me that one was
said to have been shot some years ago at Hale, on the borders of the
Forest. Yarrell mentions another (vol. ii., p. 554) killed, in 1822, on
the Stour near Christchurch.
Squacco Heron. (_Ardea ralloides_, Scop.) A solitary specimen, shot a
few years ago at Christchurch Harbour, is now in Lord Malmesbury’s
collection. See Eyton’s _Rarer British Birds_, p. 100, where Dewhurst
must probably be a misprint for Christchurch.
Little Bittern. _(Ardea minuta_, Lin.) Mr. Hart, to whom I am under so
many obligations for notices of our stragglers, informs me that a fine
male bird was shot, April, 26, 1862, on the borders of the Forest, at
Heron Court, by one of Lord Malmesbury’s keepers.
Night Heron. (_Nycticorax ardeola_, Tem.) Mr. Hart has occasionally
received a specimen.
Glossy Ibis. (_Ibis falcinellus_, Tem.) Mr. Hart killed a young pair in
a meadow near Christchurch Harbour in September, 1859.
Whimbrel. (_Numenius phæopus_, Lath.) Not so very uncommon during the
late autumn and winter months along the harbours of the coast.
Spotted Redshank. (_Totanus fuscus_, Leisl.) On the authority of Mr.
Hart, who has killed it in Christchurch Harbour.
Avocet. (_Recurvirostra avocetta_, Lin.) Mr. Rake informs me of a
specimen shot at Exbury, Dec. 1858.
Blacktailed Godwit. (_Limosa melanura_, Leisl.) Mr. Hart received one in
the spring of 1860, and a fine specimen was killed by one of the Forest
keepers, some twenty years ago, on Ocknell pond. Hawker, who well knew
the sea-coast of the New Forest, mentions large flocks of “grey godwits”
off Keyhaven, May, 1842, but he does not distinguish between this and
the next species.
Bartailed Godwit. (_Limosa rufa_, Briss.) Mr. Hart had two pair brought
to him from the Mudeford Marsh, in the summer of 1861.
Ruff. (_Machetes pugnax_, Cuv.) A specimen is now and then killed.
Great Snipe. (_Scolopax major_, Gmel.) Generally one or two may be seen
in the Forest every winter. Mr. Cooper, the Forest keeper, to whom I
have previously referred, tells me that during the last twenty years he
has shot some six or seven specimens, and has seen as many more killed.
Sabine’s Snipe. (_Scolopax Sabini_, Vigors.) _See_ Common Snipe
(_Scolopax gallinago_), in the list of residents, p. 309.
Curlew Sandpiper. (_Tringa subarquata_, Tem.)
Little Stint. (_Tringa minuta_, Leisl.) Like the preceding, not so very
unfrequent along the coast.
Purple Sandpiper. (_Tringa maritima_, Brün.) Occasionally seen in
Christchurch Harbour.
Spotted Crake. (_Gallinula porzana_, Lath.) Has been seen both in winter
and summer; and I should not be surprised to hear of its breeding.
Baillon’s Crake. (_Gallinula Baillonii_, Tem.) A female was shot near
Linwood, in the Forest, Nov., 1860.
Grey Phalarope. (_Phalaropus platyrhyncus_, Tem.) Mr. Rake informs me
that several specimens were killed on the Avon in the severe winter of
1855-6, and again in 1860-1. Mr. Tanner has a pair in his collection,
shot in the mouth of Christchurch Harbour in summer plumage.
Whitefronted Goose. (_Anser albifrons_, Bechst.)
Bernacle Goose. (_Anser leucopsis_, Bechst.) From Mr. Hart I learn that
a pair were killed some years ago between Christchurch and Barton.
Ægyptian Goose. (_Anser Ægyptiacus_, Jenyns.) From Mr. Rake I learn that
a specimen was killed on the Avon, near Bicton Mill, February, 1855.
Bewick’s Swan. (_Cygnus minor_, Keys and Bl.)
Shoveller. (_Anas clypeata_, Lin.) Mr. Rake, in his manuscript notes,
which he so kindly put in my hands, mentions that this and the gadwall
and Bewick’s swan, were killed on the Avon during the hard winter of
1855.
Gadwall. (_Anas strepera_, Lin.)
Garganey. (_Anas querquedula_, Lin.)
Eider Duck. (_Anas mollissima_, Lin.)
Velvet Scoter. (_Anas fusca_, Lin.) Sometimes shot by the Mudeford
fishermen, but always outside the bar of the harbour.
Long-tailed Duck. (_Anas glacialis_, Lin.)
Golden Eye. (_Anas clangula_, Lin.)
Smew. (_Mergus albellus_, Lin.) Seen, like the two previous, during hard
winters on the Avon. Mr. Rake notes that one was killed at Breamore,
Nov., 1855; and Mr. Hart writes that he once saw a person kill two at
one shot in Christchurch Harbour.
Goosander. (_Mergus merganser_, Lin.) Rather rare. Mr. Rake, however,
informs me that one male and two or three females were killed near
Fordingbridge in the winter of 1855.
Red-necked Grebe. (_Podiceps ruficollis_, Lath.) Rather rare.
Sclavonian Grebe. (_Podiceps cornutus_, Lath.) Very rare. Mr. Hart has
never known an instance of one being killed, though he has received a
specimen or two from the Dorsetshire coast.
Eared Grebe. (_Podiceps auritus_, Lath.) Rather rare, but occasionally
killed by the Mudeford fishermen.
Black-throated Diver. (_Colymbus arcticus_, Lin.) Occurs pretty
plentifully during some winters along the coast.
Little Auk. (_Uria alle_, Tem.) Found sometimes along the coast after a
heavy storm.
Caspian Tern. (_Sterna Caspia_, Pall.) On the authority of Mr. Hart one
was shot, about ten years ago, in Christchurch Harbour.
Common Tern. (_Sterna hirundo_, Lin.) This, with the next, is sometimes,
after a heavy gale, picked up in an exhausted state. I saw one which had
been thus caught near Fordingbridge in September, 1861.
Artic Tern. (_Sterna arctica_, Flem.)
Lesser Tern. (_Sterna minuta_, Lin.) Seen during a hard winter.
Black Tern. (_Sterna nigra_, Briss.) A pair were, not long ago, shot by
Mr. Charles Reeks, near the Old Bridge, Christchurch.
Little Gull. (_Larus minutus_, Pall.) Mr. Rake informs me that a pair of
these rare birds were killed near Breamore, in November, 1855.
Glaucous Gull. (_Larus glaucus_, Brün.) A solitary specimen has, I
believe, once been shot near Christchurch, by the Hon. Grantley
Berkeley, in whose collection it is.
Common Skua. (_Lestris catarractes_, Ill.) Occasionally killed flying
round Christchurch Head.
Fork-tailed Petrel. (_Thalassidroma Leachii_, Tem.) Mr. Rake informs me
that a specimen was picked up dead, near Fordingbridge, November, 1859.
Stormy Petrel. (_Thalassidroma pelagica_, Vigors.) Frequently picked up
dead, or exhausted, along the coast, after severe weather, with the wind
blowing from the west.
Adopting Yarrell’s census, an analysis of these lists gives to the
Forest district 72 out of the 140 British residents, 31 out of our 63
summer visitors, 35 winter visitors, and of rarer birds and stragglers,
90; or altogether, including the two birds of double passage, 230
species out of the whole 354.
Since these lists were arranged, Mr. Rake sends me word, concerning the
reed wren, that in the winter of 1858, a nest, evidently built the
preceding summer, and exactly resembling that bird’s, was found in a
thick bed of reeds on the bank of the Avon, near Fordingbridge, but he
has never seen the birds or eggs from the neighbourhood.
With regard to the kildeer plover, I may add that several persons saw it
in the flesh, and that Mr. Tanner received it soon after it was mounted.
My only surprise is with Dr. Sclater (see the _Ibis_ vol. iv., No. xv.,
p. 277), that a bird with so large a range of flight should not before
this have been recorded as occurring in England.
The vignette is, with a slight alteration of position, taken from Mr.
Tanner’s specimen.
[Illustration: The Kildeer Plover.]
APPENDIX IV.
THE LEPIDOPTERA OF THE NEW FOREST.
As, I am sorry to say, I am entirely ignorant of entomology, Mr. Baker,
who possesses one of the finest collections of Lepidoptera in the
district, has kindly compiled the following list. For the sake of space
the Tineina have been omitted. The arrangement followed is that of
Stainton, and the whole list has, to ensure the greatest accuracy, been
revised by F. Bond, Esq., F.Z.S. No attempt has been made to classify
the rarer and more common species, as both so much vary with the season.
RHOPALOCERA.
GONOPTERYX
Rhamni
COLIAS
Edusa
Hyale
APORIA
Cratægi
PIERIS
Brassicæ
Rapæ
Napi
ANTHOCHARIS
Cardamines
LEUCOPHASIA
Sinapis
ARGE
Galathea
LASIOMMATA
Ægeria
Megæra
HIPPARCHIA
Semele
Janira
Tithonus
Hyperanthus
CŒNONYMPHA
Pamphilus
LIMENITIS
Sibylla
APATURA
Iris
VANESSA
Cardui
Atalanta
Io
Antiopa
Polychloros
Urticæ
ARGYNNIS
Paphia
Adippe
Aglaia
Selene
Euphrosyne
MELITÆA
Artemis
NEMEOBIUS
Lucina
THECLA
Betulæ
Quercus
Rubi
CHRYSOPHANUS
Phlœas
POLYOMMATUS
Argiolus
Alsus
Alexis
Ægon
Agestis
THYMELE
Alveolus
THANAOS
Tages
STEROPES
Paniscus
PAMPHILA
Linea
Sylvanus
SPHENGINA.
PROCRIS
Statices
ANTHROCERA
Trifolii
Loniceræ
Filipendulæ
SMERINTHUS
Ocellatus
Populi
Tiliæ
ACHERONTIA
Atropos
SPHINX
Convolvuli
Ligustri
DEILEPHILA
Galii
CHŒROCAMPA
Elpenor
Porcellus
MACROGLOSSA
Stellatarum
SESIA
Fuciformis
Bombyliformis
SPHECIA
Bembeciformis
TROCHILIUM
Ichneumoniforme
Cynipiforme
Sphegiforme
Tipuliforme
Myopæforme
BOMBYCINA.
HEPIALUS
Hectus
Lupulinus
Humuli
Sylvinus
ZENZERA
Æsculi
COSSUS
Ligniperda
CERURA
Furcula
Vinula
STAUROPUS
Fagi
NOTODONTA
Dromedarius
DRYMONIA
Chaonia
Dodonæa
LEIOCAMPA
Dictæa
Dictæoides
LOPHOPTERYX
Camelina
DILOBA
Cæruleocephala
PETASIA
Cassinia
PERIDEA
Trepida
CLOSTERA
Reclusa
PYGÆRA
Bucephala
PSILURA
Monacha
DASYCHIRA
Fascelina
Pudibunda
DEMAS
Coryli
ORGYIA
Antiqua
STILPNOTIA
Salicis
PORTHESIA
Auriflua
MILTOCHRISTA
Miniata
LITHOSIA
Aureola
Helvola
Stramineola
Complana
Complanula
Griseola
ŒNISTIS
Quadra
GNOPHRIA
Rubricollis
CYBOSIA
Mesomella
NUDARIA
Mundana
Senex
EUTHEMONIA
Russula
ARCTIA
Caja
Villica
NEMEOPHILA
Plantaginis
PHRAGMATOBIA
Fuliginosa
SPILOSOMA
Menthastri
Lubricipeda
DIAPHORA
Mendica
CALLIMORPHA
Jacobææ
EULEPIA
Cribrum
DEIOPEIA
Pulchella
LASIOCAMPA
Rubi
Trifolii
Quercus
ERIOGASTER
Lanestris
PŒCILOCAMPA
Populi
TRICHIURA
Cratægi
CLISIOCAMPA
Neustria
ODONESTIS
Potatoria
GASTROPACHA
Quercifolia
SATURNIA
Pavonia-minor
CILIX
Spinula
PLATYPTERYX
Lacertinaria
DREPANA
Falcataria
Hamula
Unguicula
HETEROGENEA
Asellus
LIMACODES
Testudo
_PSYCHIDÆ._
PSYCHE
Nigricans
Opacella
FUMEA
Radiella
NOCTUINA.
THYATIRA
Derasa
Batis
CYMATOPHORA
Duplaris
Diluta
Flavicornis
Ridens
BRYOPHILA
Perla
DIPHTHERA
Orion
ACRONYCTA
Tridens
Psi
Leporina
Megacephala
Alni
Ligustri
Rumicis
LEUCANIA
Conigera
Turca
Lithargyria
Pudorina
Comma
Impura
Pallens
NONAGRIA
Despecta
Fulva
Typhæ
GORTYNA
Flavago
HYDRŒCIA
Nictitans
Micacea
AXYLIA
Putris
XYLOPHASIA
Rurea
Lithoxylea
Polyodon
Hepatica
DIPTERYGIA
Pinastri
NEURIA
Saponariæ
HELIOPHOBUS
Popularis
CHARÆAS
Graminis
CERIGO
Cytherea
LUPERINA
Testacea
Cæspitis
MAMESTRA
Anceps
Furva
Brassicæ
Persicariæ
APAMEA
Basilinea
Gemina
Oculea
MIANA
Strigilis
Fasciuncula
Literosa
Furuncula
Arcuosa
CELÆNA
Haworthii
GRAMMESIA
Trilinea
ACOSMETIA
Caliginosa
CARADRINA
Morpheus
Alsines
Blanda
Cubicularis
RUSINA
Tenebrosa
AGROTIS
Puta
Suffusa
Saucia
Segetum
Exclamationis
Nigricans
Tritici
Aquilina
Porphyrea
Ravida
TRYPHÆNA
Ianthina
Fimbria
Interjecta
Subsequa
Orbona
Pronuba
NOCTUA
Glareosa
Augur
Plecta
C-nigrum
Triangulum
Brunnea
Festiva
Bella
Umbrosa
Baja
Neglecta
Xanthographa
TRACHEA
Piniperda
TÆNIOCAMPA
Gothica
Rubricosa
Instabilis
Stabilis
Gracilis
Miniosa
Munda
Cruda
ORTHOSIA
Upsilon
Lota
Macilenta
ANCHOCELIS
Rufina
Pistacina
Lunosa
Litura
CERASTIS
Vaccinii
Spadicea
SCOPELOSOMA
Satellitia
DASYCAMPA
Rubiginea
OPORINA
Croceago
XANTHIA
Citrago
Cerago
Silago
Aurago
Gilvago
Ferruginea
TETHEA
Subtusa
Retusa
DICYCLA
Oo
COSMIA
Trapezina
Pyralina
Diffinis
Affinis
EREMOBIA
Ochroleuca
DIANTHŒCIA
Carpophaga
Capsincola
Cucubali
HECATERA
Serena
POLIA
Flavicincta
EPUNDA
Lutulenta
Nigra
Viminalis
MISELIA
Oxyacanthæ
AGRIOPIS
Aprilina
PHLOGOPHORA
Meticulosa
EUPLEXIA
Lucipara
APLECTA
Herbida
Nebulosa
Advena
HADENA
Adusta
Protea
Dentina
Chenopodii
Suasa
Oleracea
Pisi
Thalassina
Contigua
Genistæ
XYLOCAMPA
Lithorhiza
CALOCAMPA
Vetusta
Exoleta
XYLINA
Rhizolitha
Semibrunnea
Petrificata
CUCULLIA
Chamomillæ
Umbratica
HELIOTHIS
Marginata
Dipsacea
ANARTA
Myrtilli
HELIODES
Arbuti
ACONTIA
Luctuosa
ERASTRIA
Fuscula
HYDRELIA
Uncana
BREPHOS
Parthenias
HABROSTOLA
Urticæ
Triplasia
PLUSIA
Chrysitis
Iota
Pulchrina
Gamma
GONOPTERA
Libatrix
AMPHIPYRA
Pyramidea
Tragopogonis
MANIA
Typica
Maura
TOXOCAMPA
Pastinum
STILBIA
Anomala
CATOCALA
Nupta
Promissa
Sponsa
EUCLIDIA
Mi
Glyphica
PHYTOMETRA
Ænea
GEOMETRINA.
URAPTERYX
Sambucaria
EPIONE
Apiciaria
Advenaria
RUMIA
Cratægata
VENILIA
Maculata
ANGERONA
Prunaria
METROCAMPA
Margaritaria
ELLOPIA
Fasciaria
URYMENE
Dolabraria
ERICALLIA
Syringaria
SELENIA
Illunaria
Lunaria
Illustraria
ODONTOPERA
Bidentata
CROCALLIS
Elinguaria
ENNOMOS
Tiliaria
Fuscantaria
Erosaria
Angularia
HIMERA
Pennaria
PHIGALIA
Pilosaria
NYSSIA
Hispidaria
AMPHIDASYS
Prodromaria
Betularia
HEMEROPHILA
Abruptaria
CLEORA
Viduaria
Glabraria
Lichenaria
BOARMIA
Repandaria
Rhomboidaria
Abietaria
Cinctaria
Roboraria
Consortaria
TEPHROSIA
Consonaria
Crepuscularia
Extersaria
Punctularia
GNOPHOS
Obscurata
Pullata
PSEUDOTERPNA
Cytisaria
GEOMETRA
Papilionaria
MEMORIA
Viridata
IODIS
Lactearia
PHORODESMA
Bajularia
HEMITHEA
Thymiaria
EPHYRA
Poraria
Punctaria
Trilinearia
Omicronaria
Orbicularia
Pendularia
HYRIA
Auroraria
ASTHENA
Luteata
Candidata
Sylvata
EUPISTERIA
Heparata
ACIDALIA
Scutulata
Bisetata
Trigeminata
Osseata
Virgularia
Ornata
Incanaria
Marginepunctata
Subsericeata
Immutata
Remutata
Imitaria
Aversata
Emarginata
BRADYEPETES
Amataria
CABERA
Pusaria
Exanthemaria
CORYCIA
Temerata
Taminata
AVENTIA
Flexula
MACARIA
Alternata
Notata
Liturata
HALIA
Vauaria
STRENIA
Clathrata
LOZOGRAMMA
Petraria
NUMERIA
Pulveraria
MÆSIA
Belgiaria
SELIDOSEMA
Plumaria
FIDONIA
Atomaria
Piniaria
MINOA
Euphorbiata
ASPILATES
Strigillaria
ABRAXAS
Grossulariata
LIGDIA
Adustata
LOMASPILIS
Marginata
PACHYCNEMIA
Hippocastanaria
HYBERNIA
Rupicapraria
Lencophæaria
Aurantiaria
Progemmaria
Defoliaria
ANISOPTERYX
Æscularia
CHEIMATOBIA
Brumata
OPORABIA
Dilutata
LARENTIA
Didymata
Multistrigaria
Pectinitaria
EMMELESIA
Affinitata
Alchemillata
Albulata
Decolorata
Unifasciata
EUPITHECIA
Venosata
Linariata
Pulchellata
Centaureata
Succenturiata
Subumbrata
Haworthiata
Pygmæata
Satyrata
Castigata
Irriguata
Denotata
Innotata
Indigata
Nanata
Subnotata
Vulgata
Expallidata
Absinthiata
Minutata
Assimilata
Tenuiata
Dodoneata
Abbreviata
Exiguata
Pumilata
Coronata
Rectangulata
LOBOPHORA
Sexalata
Hexapterata
Viretata
Lobulata
THERA
Variata, _Haw._
Firmaria
HYPSIPETES
Impluviata
Elutata
MELANTHIA
Rubiginata
Ocellata
Albicillata
MELANIPPE
Unangulata
Rivata
Subtristrata
Montanata
Fluctuata
ANTICLEA
Rubidata
Badiata
Derivata
COREMIA
Propugnata
Ferrugata
CAMPTOGRAMMA
Bilineata
Gemmata
SCOTOSIA
Dubitata
Certata
Undulata
CIDARIA
Psittacata
Miata
Picata
Corylata
Russata
Immanata
Suffumata
Silaceata
Prunata
Testata
Fulvata
Pyraliata
Dotata
EUBOLIA
Cervinaria
Mensuraria
Palumbaria
Bipunctaria
Lineolata
ANAITIS
Plagiata
ODEZIA
Chærophyllata
PYRALIDINA.
_DELTOIDES._
HYPENA
Proboscidalis
Rostralis
HYPENODES
Costæstrigalis
RIVULA
Sericcalis
HERMINIA
Barbalis
Tarsipennalis
Nemoralis
_PYRALITES._
PYRALIS
Costalis
Farinalis
Glaucinalis
AGLOSSA
Pinguinalis
CLEDEOBIA
Augustalis
PYRAUSTA
Punicealis
Purpuralis
Ostrinalis
HERBULA
Cæspitalis
ENNYCHIA
Cingulalis
Octomaculalis
ENDOTRICHA
Flammealis
DIASEMIA
Literalis
CATACLYSTA
Lemnalis
PARAPONY
Stratiotalis
HYDROCAMPA
Nymphæalis
Stagnalis
BOTYS
Pandalis
Verticalis
Lancealis
Fuscalis
Urticalis
EBULEA
Crocealis
Sambucalis
PIONEA
Forficalis
SPILODES
Sticticalis
Cinetalis
SCOPULA
Olivalis
Prunalis
Ferrugalis
STENOPTERYX
Hybridalis
NOLA
Cucullatella
Cristulalis
Strigula
SYMAETHIS
Fabriciana
CHOREUTES
Scintillulana
_CRAMBITES._
EUDOREA
Cembræ
Ambigualis
Pyralella
Cratægella
Frequentella
Resinea
Pallida
APHOMIA
Colonella
ACHROIA
Grisella
EPHESTIA
Elutella
HOMÆOSOMA
Nebulella
ACROBASIS
Consociella
Tumidella
CRYPTOBLAB
Bistriga
MYELOIS
Suavella
Advenella
Marmorea
NEPHOPTERY
Abietella
Roborella
PEMPELIA
Dilutella
Formosa
Palumbella
CRAMBUS
Cerussellus
Chrysonychellus
Falsellus
Pratellus
Dumetellus
Sylvellus
Hamellus
Pascuellus
Uliginosellus
Hortuellus
Culmellus
Inquinatellus
Geniculeus
Contaminellus
Tristellus
Pinetellus
Latistrius
Perlellus
CHILO
Forficellus
Phragmitellus
TORTRICINA.
CHLOEPHORA
Prasinana
Quercana
SAROTHRIPA
Revayana
HYPERMECIA
Augustana
EULIA
Ministrana
BRACHYTÆNIA
Semifasciana
ANTITHESIA
Betuletana
Ochroleucana
Cynosbatella
Pruniana
Marginana
Similana
Sellana
PENTHINA
Salicella
SIDERIA
Achatana
DICHELIA
Grotiana
CLEPSIS
Rusticana
TORTRIX
Icterana
Viburnana
Forsterana
Heparana
Ribeana
Cinnamomeana
Corylana
LOZOTÆNIA
Sorbiana
Musculana
Costana
Unifasciana
Fulvana
Roborana
Xylosteana
Rosana
DITULA
Angustiorana
PTYCHOLOMA
Lecheana
NOTOCELIA
Uddmanniana
PARDIA
Tripunctana
SPILONOTA
Roborana
Trimaculana
Amœnana
LITHOGRAPHIA
Campoliliana
Nisella
Penkleriana
PHLÆODES
Tetraquetrana
Immundana
PŒDISCA
Piceana
Solandriana
Opthalmicana (?)
CATOPTRIA
Scopoliana
Hohenwarthiana
HALONOTA
Bimaculana
Cirsiana
Scutulana
Brunnichiana
DICRORAMPHA
Petiverella
Sequana
Politana
Plumbagana
Consortana
COCCYX
Hercyniana
CAPUA
Ochraceana
CARTELLA
Bilunana
HEDYA
Paykulliana
Ocellana
Dealbana
Trimaculana
STEGANOPTYCHA
Nævana
ANCHYLOPERA
Mitterpacheriana
Subarcuana
Biarcuana
Uncana
Lundana
Derasana
Comptana
Siculana
BACTRA
Lanceolana
Furfurana
ARGYROTOXA
Conwayana
DICTYOPTERYX
Contaminana
Lœflingiana
CRŒSIA
Bergmanniana
Forskaleana
Holmiana
HEMEROSIA
Rheediella
OXYGRAPHA
Literana
PERONEA
Schalleriana
Comparana
Tristana
Rufana
Favillaceana
Hastiana
Cristana
Variegana
PARAMESIA
Aspersana
Ferrugana
TERAS
Caudana
PŒCILOCHROMA
Profundana
Corticana
ANISOTÆNIA
Ulmana
ROXANA
Arcuella
SEMASIA
Populana
Spiniana
Wœberiana
Janthinana
EUCELIS
Aurana
EPHIPPIPHORA
Trauniana
Regiana
Argyrana
STIGMONOTA
Nitidana
Wierana
Compositella
Perlepidana
ASTHENIA
Splendidulana
RETINIA
Buoliana
Pinivorana
Sylvestrana
ENDOPISA
Ulicana
Germarana
Puncticostana
CARPOCAPSA
Juliana
Splendana
Pomonana
GRAPHOLITHA
Albensana
Hypericana
Modestana
SPHALEROPTERA
Ictericana
CNEPHASIA
Hybridana
Subjectana
Passivana
Nubilana
EUCHROMIA
Ericetana
Striana
SERICORIS
Conchana
Lacunana
Urticana
Cæspitana
Politana
Latifasciana
Bifasciana
MIXODIA
Schulziana
LOBESIA
Reliquana
PHTHEOCROA
Rugosana
ERIOPSELA
Fractifasciana
CHROSIS
Tesserana
ARGYROLEPIA
Æncana (?)
Baumanniana
Badiana
CALOSETIA
Nigromaculana
EUPŒCILIA
Maculosana
Carduana
Nana
Angustana
Griseana
Roseana
Subroseana
Ruficiliana
LOZOPERA
Francillana
Stramineana
XANTHOSETIA
Hamana
Zœgana
TORTRICODES
Hyemana
PTEROPHORINA.
PTEROPHORUS
Trigonodactylus
Acanthodactylus
Punctidactylus
Bipunctidactylus
Fuscus
Pterodactylus
Tephradactylus
Galactodactylus
Tetradactylus
Pentadactylus
ALUCITA
Polydactyla
Postscript.
As a further addition to my list of plants, I have received the
following from A. G. More, Esq., F.L.S.—those without localities being
communicated to him by the late Mr. Borrer as found in the Forest:—
Wahlenbergia hederacea, Reich., Ivy-leaved Bell Flower. Near Lyndhurst,
272.
Sium latifolium, Lin., Broad-leaved Water Parsnep. _See_ Bromfield, in
the _Phytologist_, vol. iii. p. 403; 464.
Trifolium medium, Lin., _Zigzag_ Trefoil. Near Lyndhurst, 683.
Utricularia intermedia, Hayne, Intermediate Bladderwort, 876.
Carex limosa, Lin., Green-and-Gold Carex, 1244.
A word or two may here be added concerning the only true species of
cicada (_Cicada hæmatoides_) which we have in England, and which has
hitherto been only found in the New Forest. Mr. Farren, in June, 1858,
was fortunate enough to take a specimen sitting on the stem of the
common brake, being attracted to it by its peculiar monotonous humming
noise. On the second of June, 1862, he captured two others, which rose
from the fern, with their curious zigzag flight, and at the same time
heard two more.
Mr. Farren, to whom I am indebted for the above information, has kindly
sent me the following drawing, made by his brother, from one of the
living specimens captured in the Forest.
[Illustration: The Cicada.]
INDEX.
A
Abbacies, held by William II., at the time of his death, 104
(_foot-note_).
Abbey, Beaulieu, _see_ Beaulieu.
Abbey Walls, the, or St. Leonard’s Grange, 69.
Acquitaine, Eleanor of, buried at Beaulieu Abbey, 67.
Adages, in the Forest, 180;
see also Proverbs.
Adder’s-tongue Fern, 256.
Alanus de Insulis, on the death of William II., 102.
Alexander I., Pope, bull from, 71 (_foot-note_.)
Amberwood Corner, barrows near, 208.
Ambrosius Aurelianus, defeated by Cerdic, 118;
his name preserved in the word Amesbury, 119;
in Ambrose Hole and Ampress Farm, 198.
Ancestry, our, 2.
Anderwood Enclosure, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, 215.
America, Old-English character of its provincialisms, 172.
Anselm, foretold by the Abbot of Cluny of the death of William
II., 101.
Anses Wood, mound near, 209, 210.
“Apostles, the Twelve,” 83.
Assart lands, granted by James I., 43.
Ash, Mark-, Wood, 17.
Ashley Rails, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, 221.
Attachment, Court of, 87.
Augustine, St., injunctions to his canons, 69.
Aurelianus, Ambrosius, _see_ Ambrosius.
Avon, the, at Castle Hill, 118;
at Ibbesley, 120;
at Winkton, 128;
eel peculiar to, 125, 126.
Avon, Valley of the, 116;
the Flora of, 253.
Avon Tyrrel, 126.
B
Babington, Churchill, synopsis of the birds of Charnwood Forest
by, 275.
Baddesley, Preceptory of the Knights Templar formerly at, 156.
Balm, Bastard (_Melittis Melyssophyllum_), in the Forest, 256.
Bandits, troop of, at Lymington, 169.
Bargery Farm, 71.
Barn, or _spicarium_, of Beaulieu Abbey, 69, 70.
Barney Barns Hill, 197 (_foot-note_), 210.
Barrows, named after fairies, 177, 197;
opened by Warner, 198;
in the east part of the Forest, 197 (_foot-note_), 211;
on Sway Common, 198;
on Bratley Plain, 199-205;
near Ocknell Pond, 205, 206;
near Darrat’s Lane, 206 (_foot-note_);
on the West Fritham Plain, 207;
near Amberwood, 208;
on Butt’s Plain, 209;
on Langley Heath, 211.
Barton Cliffs, the, 147;
Middle-Eocene beds of the, 4;
atmospheric effects seen from the, 15, 16;
geology of, 239, 240.
Beacon, Burley, 82.
Beaulieu Abbey, its foundation and endowments, 62;
its dedication, 63;
the Countess of Warwick and Perkin Warbeck come to its
sanctuary, 64;
its dissolution, 65;
beauty of its situation, 65;
the abbot’s house, cloisters, and chapter-house, 66;
church, 67;
refectory, 67, 68;
the pulpit of the refectory, 68;
barn of, 69;
granges of, 69-71.
Beauty, exists in the beholder’s mind, 18, 19;
God’s love of, 127, 128;
the chief end and aim of Nature, 5.
Becton Bunny, 149;
house burnt down, 170;
geology of, 240.
Beeches, measurements of, in the Forest, 16 (_foot-note_).
Bees, folk-lore about, 181.
Bellus Locus, former name of Beaulieu, 62.
Bentley Wood, North, 113.
Beteston Roger, tenure of, at Eyeworth, 114.
Bible, words in the, now provincialisms, 193.
Birds, bones of, discovered amongst the foundations of the Priory
Church, Christchurch, 14 (_foot-note_);
_see_ Ornithology.
Bishop’s Ditch, 79.
Black Bar, large mound at, 210.
Blackheath Meadow, Roman pottery at, 210.
Boghampton, village of, 127.
Boldre, derivation of, 80;
church, 79.
Books, at Beaulieu Abbey, just before the dissolution, 65
(_foot-note_).
Botany of the Forest, 250-257;
contradictions in the, 251;
characterized by its soil, 251, 252;
bog-plants, 252;
_carices_ abundant, 252;
its position under Watson’s system, 253, 254;
its trees, 254;
its St. John’s Worts, 254, 255;
its ferns, 255, 256;
other plants, 256, 257.
(_See_ Appendix II., 289.)
_Bottom_, meaning of the word, 187.
Bowles, Caroline, married to Southey at Boldre church, 80.
Bouvery Farm, 69.
Bramble Hill, oaks at, 16;
view from, 111.
Bramshaw, village of, 111.
Bratley Wood, 113.
Bratley Plain, barrows upon, 113, 199-205.
Breamore, village of, 119.
Brinken Wood, 83.
Brockenhurst, derivation of, 75;
tenure at, 76;
church, 77;
scenery round, 78.
Brook Beds, the, 245, 246.
Brook Common, 111.
Buckholt, in _Domesday_, 51 (_foot-note_).
Buckland Rings, Roman coins found at, 154;
described, 199.
Burgate, village of, 120.
Burleigh, Lord, his advice to his son, 1, 2.
Burley, 82;
Lodge, 83.
Bustard, last seen in the Forest, 14 (_foot-note_).
Butt’s Ash Lane, barrows near, 197 (_foot-note_), 211
(_foot-note_).
Butt’s Plain, barrows on, 209.
Buzzard, Honey, breeding habits of, 262-265;
weight of the eggs of the, 264 (_foot-note_);
common, breeding of the, 265, 266.
C
Cadenham Oak, the, 110.
Cadland’s Park, 50.
Calshot Castle, built by Henry VIII., 52;
mentioned by Colonel Hammond, 52 (_foot-note_);
the Cerdices-ora of the _Chronicle_, 53;
different forms of the name, 53, 54.
Canterton, held by Chenna, in _Domesday_, 28.
Canute, Forest laws of, 35;
Charta de Forestâ of, extracts from, 36 (_foot-note_).
Castle Hill, 118.
Castles, so-called, in the Forest, 32.
Catharine’s, St., Hills, 126.
Cattle, right of turning out, in the Forest, 46.
Cerdices-ford, now Charford, 54, 118.
Cerdices-ora, probably Calshot, 52, 53.
Chapel, chantry, of the Countess of Salisbury, 137, 138;
of Robert Harys, 143;
of John Draper, 143.
Charford, the Cerdices-ford of the _Chronicle_, 118.
Charles I., his attempt to revive the Forest laws, 42;
gives the New Forest as security to his creditors, 42;
embarks for Carisbrook from Leap, 56;
seized by Colonel Cobbit, 152;
imprisoned in Hurst Castle, 153, 154;
how treated by Colonel Hammond, 153 (_foot-note_);
by Colonel Cobbit, 154.
Charles II. bestows the young woods of Brockenhurst to the maids
of honour, 43;
encloses three hundred acres for oaks, 44.
Charnwood Forest, the birds of, 275.
Chestnuts, formerly common in the Forest, 13 (_foot-note_).
Chewton Glen, 147, 148.
Chichester, Reginald Pecock, Bishop of, on the legend concerning
the man in the moon, 177.
Chough, its increasing scarcity, 275.
Christchurch, 129;
its Old-English names, 131;
Æthelwald at, 131;
in _Domesday_, 131;
the castle of, 131, 132;
Norman House at, 132;
Chamberlains’ Books of, 135 (_foot-note_);
Priory Church of, 135, 141-144;
the conventual buildings of, 138, 139;
legend of the Priory Church of, 175.
_Chronicle, The_, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25, 26;
the great value of its evidence, 23.
Church, its date should be told by its style, 123.
Churches in the Forest mentioned by _Domesday_, still in part
standing, 31.
Church Green, in Eyeworth Wood, 32 (_foot-note_).
Church Lytton, at Wootton, 32, 33 (_foot-note_).
Church Moor, near Mark Ash, 32 (_foot-note_).
Church Place, at Sloden, 32 (_foot-note_).
Churchwardens’ Books, at Ellingham,
extracts from, 229-231;
at Fordingbridge, extracts from, 230, 231.
Chydioke, effigy of Sir John, in the Priory Church of
Christchurch, 142, 176, 177.
Clay Hill, view from, 86.
Cluny, Hugh, Abbot of, foretells the death of William II., 101.
Coleridge, at Mudeford, 145.
Colgrimesmore, the ancient name of Souley Pond, 72.
Commoners, rights of the, in the New Forest, 46.
_Coronella lævis_, 259 (_foot-note_).
Corporation Books, extracts from the Christchurch, 135, 136
(_foot-note_);
from the Lymington, 155 (_foot-note_).
Court, Moyles, 120, 121.
Crockle, Roman and Romano-British
potteries at, 217-219;
their probable date, 222.
Cross, the Staple, 146;
the, at Bargate, 120.
Cuckoo, sayings concerning the, 180.
Customs, old, in the Forest, 178.
D
Dame Slough, 273.
Dauphin of France, arms of the, formerly in Boldre Church, 80;
embarked at Leap, 55.
Defoe, his plan for colonizing the Forest with the Palatine
refugees, 47.
Deer in the Forest, abolished in 1851, 46;
a few left, 113.
Deer-stealing, method of, 171.
Denny Wood, 79;
heronry at, 273.
Dibden, church at, 50, 51 (_foot-note_).
Diodorus Siculus, quotation from, 57 (_foot-note_).
Dissolution of the religious houses, its need, 64, 137;
of Beaulieu Abbey, 65;
of Christchurch Priory, 138.
_Domesday_, analysis and evidence of, on the afforestation of the
New Forest, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31;
churches in the Forest still in part remaining mentioned in,
31;
Eling in, 51 (_foot-note_);
Redbridge in, 51 (_foot-note_);
Lyndhurst in, 87 (_foot-note_);
Fordingbridge in, 117;
Christchurch in, 131;
mills in, rented by a payment of eels, 128, 119 (_foot-note_);
Ringwood in, 123 (_foot-note_);
Christchurch in, 131;
Beckley, Baishley, and Milton in, 148 (_foot-note_);
Lymington in, 155.
Draper, John, the last prior of Christchurch Priory, character of,
137, 138.
Drift, in the Forest, its contents, 236.
Durham, Simon of, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25
(_foot-note_);
on the death of William II., 95 (_foot-note_).
E
Eagle, golden, the, 260;
sea, the, 261.
Eaglehurst, 59.
Easter Sepulchre, at Brockenhurst Church, 77.
_Ecclesiastica, or the Book of Remembrance_, 122 (_foot-note_).
Edward I. issues writs for the perambulation of the Forest, 41;
possesses the Castle of Christchurch, 132.
Edward III., corbel head of, in Sopley Church, 127.
Edward VI. at Christchurch, 134.
Eel, peculiar to the Avon, an, 125.
Eels, mills rented by a payment of, 119 (_foot-note_), 128.
Eling, in _Domesday_, 51 (_foot-note_);
extract from parish register of, 228.
Ellingham, cross roads at, 120;
Church of, 122, 123;
extract from Churchwardens’ Books of, 229, 230, 231.
England, its peculiar interest to Englishmen, 2;
ignorance of, by Englishmen, 2.
Everton, etymology of, 75.
Exbury, 59;
herons feeding near, 273.
Exe, the river, 69;
derivation of, 163.
F
Fairies in the New Forest, 174, 175.
Falcon, peregrine, 261.
Fawley, village of, 51;
church, 51;
Norman doorway of church, 59.
Ferns in the Forest, 255, 256.
Ferrels, or “Verrels,” meaning of, 82.
_Fidley, Wood-, rain_, meaning of, 79.
Flambard, hated by the clergy, 102;
builds the Priory Church of Christchurch, 136.
Florence of Worcester, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24;
on the death of William II., 95 (_foot-note_).
Flowers. See Botany.
Folk-lore, value of, 173; in the New Forest, 174-180.
Font, Norman, at Brockenhurst, 77.
Fordingbridge, 117;
church of, 118;
ancient tenure at, 117 (_foot-note_);
extracts from Churchwardens’ Books of, 230, 231.
Forest, meaning of the word, 10 (_foot-note_);
government of an ancient, 35, 36;
life in an ancient, 36 (_foot-note_).
Forest-Laws. _See_ Laws.
Forest Rights. _See_ Rights.
Frame Wood, 78, 79.
Fritham, country round, 114.
Fritham Plain, East, 113;
West, 114.
Fulchered and William II., 94, 102.
G
Gemeticensis, Gulielmus, on the afforestation of the New Forest,
23.
Geology, the, of the Forest, 234;
in the Eocene period, 235;
the drift and its contents, 236;
the Middle-Eocene of the Hordle and Barton Cliffs, 237-242;
the Bracklesham Beds in the valley of Canterton, 242-248;
the great aim of, 248.
Gilpin, author of _Forest Scenery_,
his love for Nature, 15 (_foot-note_);
buried in Boldre churchyard, 79, 80.
Gipsies, principal families of, in the Forest, 159;
their marriages, 159;
their present mode of life, 159, 160.
Godshill, in Gough’s time, 14 (_foot-note_).
Goreley Bushes, vast Keltic graveyard near, 207.
Government, duty of, to protect the finest trees in the Forest,
18.
Grange, St. Leonard’s, 69;
barn and chapel at, 70;
Park, 71;
Somerford, 138, 147.
Guest, Dr., on Natan-Leaga, 33 (_foot-note_);
on Cerdices-ora, 53;
on the “Belgic Ditches,” 130;
on the “Early English Settlements in South Britain,” 163
(_foot-note_), 166 (_foot-note_).
Guesten-hall, the, of the Abbot’s House at Beaulieu, 66.
H
Hall, _Union of the Families of Lancaster and York_, by, quotation
from, 151.
Handycross Pond, barrow near, 209.
Harriers, marsh and hen, 268.
Hat, meaning of, in the Forest, 182, 183.
Hatchet Gate, 75.
Hawfinches, in the Forest, 274, 275.
Heather, its one defect, 81.
Hengistbury Head, derivation of, 165.
Hemingburgh, Walter, on the afforestation, 25 (_foot-note_);
on the death of William II., 95 (_foot-note_).
Henry III., confirmation of privileges to Beaulieu Abbey, by, 63.
Henry VIII., patriotism of, 151, 152.
Herbert’s _Memoirs_, 153, 154.
Herons in the Forest, 273, 274.
High Cliff Beds, the, 242.
Hill Top, 59, 61.
Hinchelsea, Bottom and Knoll, 81.
History, our, written on the country, 2, 129;
tradition, value of, in history, 97, 98;
truth in, 106.
Hoadley, Bishop, on the deer in Waltham Chase, 171.
Hob, Fairy, 175 (_foot-note_).
Hobby, the, 261;
weight of the eggs of, 264 (_foot-note_).
Holland’s Wood, near Brockenhurst, 78.
Holly, springing up in the Forest, 12 (_foot-note_).
Holme Bush, explanation of a, 179.
Holmsley, 81, 82.
Honey, the Forest, 184.
Hoopoe, its occurrence, 274.
Hordle, its church, when built, 31 (_foot-note_);
churchyard, 150;
Freshwater deposits at, 237.
“Horse, the Great,” 126 (_foot-note_).
House, Burman’s, at Beaulieu, 66.
House, Norman, at Christchurch, 132.
House, the Queen’s, at Lyndhurst, 87.
Hoveden, Roger, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25
(_foot-note_);
on the death of William II., 95 (_foot-note_).
Howard, the philanthropist, lived at Watcombe, 75.
Huntingdon, Henry of, on the afforestation, 25 (_foot-note_);
on the death of William II., 95 (_foot-note_).
Hurst, meaning of the word, 35.
Hurst Beach, 151;
Castle, built by Henry VIII., 151;
Charles at, 152-154;
importance of, 152 (_foot-note_).
Hyde or Hungerford, 120.
Hythe, village of, 50.
I
Ibbesley, view at, 120;
extracts from parish register of, 232, 233.
Ictis, the Isle of Wight, 57, 58.
Idleness, profitable, 90.
Innocent III., grants the right of a sanctuary to Beaulieu Abbey,
63.
Insulis, Alanus de, on the death of William II., 102.
Iron’s Hill Wood, 75.
Iron-works at Souley Pond, 72.
Isabella de Fortibus, her possessions at Christchurch, 132;
at Lymington, 154.
Island Hills, the, 78.
Island Thorn, Roman and Romano-British Potteries at, 220.
J
James I. grants twenty assart-lands in the Forest, 43.
Jar-bird, meaning of a, 187.
John, King, his oppression of the Cistercian order, 61;
founds Beaulieu Abbey, 62.
K
Kalkesore, old name of Calshot, 54.
Keltic element in the dialect of the New Forest, 163;
in the topography, 164.
Kestrel, eggs of, weight of the, 264.
“Keystone under the hearth,” meaning of the proverb, 170.
King’s Day, the, explanation of, 231.
King’s Rue, 56.
Kitts Hill, 91.
Knives, flint, found at Eyeworth, 297 (_foot-note_).
Knoll, Black, 78, 84.
Knyghton, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24;
his authority of no value, 95 (_foot-note_).
Knyghtwood Oak, the, 16.
L
Labourers in the New Forest, average wages of, 47 (_foot-note_).
Lane, Jane, 121.
Langley Heath, barrows on, opened by the Rev. J. P. Bartlett, 211.
Lappenberg, his account of the afforestation of the New Forest by
William I., 21;
on the Ictis of the ancients, 56.
Latchmore Pond, 81, 199.
Lawrence, the sprite, in the Forest, 174.
Law-Courts, last of the Forest, 12, 87.
Laws, Forest-, Canute’s, 35;
made still severer by William I., 38;
Charles I., attempts to revive, 42.
Leap, 55;
the spot where the Dauphin, Louis VIII. of France, embarked,
55;
where Charles I. embarked, 56;
British and Roman road at, 56;
mass of tin found near, 57.
Lease to, meaning of, 193.
Leighton, Mr., fresco in Lyndhurst church by, 88.
Leland on the death of William II., 96 (_foot-note_).
Lepidoptera, list of the Forest, Appendix IV., 319.
Lewis, Sir George C., on the Ictis of the ancients, 57;
his theory corroborated, 58.
Lichens, used as specifics in the Forest, 176.
Lichmore Pond, 81, 199.
Life, modern, its hurry and confusion, 73.
Liney Hill Wood, 83.
Lisle, Alice, 121.
Loute, to, meaning of, 188.
Lungs of oak (_Sticta pulmonaria_), used as a specific for
consumption, 176.
Lung-wort, narrow-leaved, the, 69, 256.
Lymington, port of, 154;
its history, 155, 156;
extracts from the Corporation Books of, 155 (_foot-note_).
Lyndhurst, derivation of, 86 (_foot-note_);
church of, 87;
scenery round, 89, 90;
ancient tenure at, 86, 87;
woods round, 90, 91.
M
Malmesbury, William of, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25
(_foot-note_);
on the death of William II., 93, 94 (_foot-note_), 95
(_foot-note_);
on the physical appearance of William II., 99 (_foot-note_).
Map, Ordnance, mistake of the, 128 (_foot-note_).
Mapes, Walter, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24.
Mark Ash Wood, 17.
Mead, made in the New Forest, 184.
Merlin, breeding of the, in the Forest, 267, 268 (_foot-note_);
weight of supposed egg of, 161, 264.
Middle Marine Bed, the, at Mineway, 237, 238.
Milford, church of, 150, 151.
Millaford Brook, the, 83, 90.
Mills in the New Forest, comparative value of, by _Domesday_, 29;
rented by a payment of eels, in _Domesday_, 119 (_foot-note_).
Milton, words used by, now provincialisms, 191.
Milton, village of, mentioned in _Domesday_, 148 (_foot-note_).
Minestead, 92.
Monastery, average library of a, 65 (_foot-note_);
life in a, 72, 73.
Monmouth’s Ash, 122.
Monmouth, capture of, 122;
writes to James, the Queen Dowager, and the Lord Treasurer,
123.
Moon-Hill Woods, the, 75.
Morefalls, the Lord Treasurer, Southampton, on the evils of
granting, 43, 44 (_foot-note_).
Moyles Court, 120, 121.
Moyne, William le-, tenure of, at Lyndhurst, 87.
Mudeford, 146.
N
Natan-Leaga, the name preserved, 33.
Nation, history of a, how best read, 224;
its æsthetic life, how best determined, 224, 225.
Nature, beauty the end and aim of, 5;
her care for trees, 10;
the proper spirit with which to see, 19.
Natural history, its value, 235, 276.
Needsore, 54;
derivation of, 165.
Netley Abbey Church, ruins of, 49;
fort, 49, hospital, 50.
New Forest, the; its connection with our history, 3;
scenery of, 4;
trees of, 16, 17;
in the winter, 18;
its boundaries in the reign of Edward I., 20, 21;
its afforestation by William I., 21;
value of land in _Domesday_, 29;
geology of, 4, 10, 29, 30, 234-249;
botany of, 250, 257 (_see_ also Appendix II., 289);
ornithology of, 258-276 (_see_ also Appendix III., 307);
churches of, 4;
the first and second perambulations of, 40;
character of the second perambulation of, 41, 42;
hills of, 10;
its former woody nature proved by the local nomenclature, 33;
general character of, 11;
in the time of the Normans, 12, 13;
changes in, 12;
granted as security by Charles I. to his creditors, 42;
its neglected state under the Stuarts, 43, 44;
William III. legislates for, 44;
statistics of, 40, 47 (_foot-note_);
present management of, 47 (_foot-note_);
assart lands in, granted by James I., 42;
hurricane in, 44;
ethnology of, 160, 161;
smuggling in, 169, 170;
deer-stealing in, 171;
folk-lore of, 173, 180;
poetry of, 176;
love superstitions of, 179;
proverbs of, 179;
local sayings, 179;
provincialisms of, 181, 195 (_see_, also, Appendix I., 279);
traditions in, 96, 97, 180, 181;
barrows of, 196-213;
Parish Registers and Churchwardens’ Books of, 226-233;
Lepidoptera of, Appendix IV., 319.
New Park, 86.
Nodes, the, 197.
O
Oak, the Cadenham, 110.
Oaks, character of in the Forest, 16;
measurements of, 16 (_foot-note_);
“bustle-headed,” meaning of, 183.
Ocknell Wood, 113.
Onomatopoieia, its occurrence amongst provincialisms, 186.
Ordnance map, mistake of, 126 (_foot-note_).
Ore Creek, 54 (_foot-note_).
Ornithology of the Forest, 260;
white-tailed eagle, 260;
osprey, 261;
hobby, breeding of the, 261;
honey-buzzard, breeding habits of, 261, 263, 265;
common buzzard, breeding habits of, 265;
merlin, nesting of, 267, 268 (_foot-note_);
harriers, 268;
owls, 269;
raven, breeding of, 270;
winter birds, 271;
woodpeckers, 272;
herons, 273;
hawfinches, 274;
chough, 275;
census of birds, 275 (_see_ also Appendix III., 307).
Ovest, meaning of, 183.
Oxenford and Oxford, true derivation of, 80.
P
Paris, Matthew, on William II.’s death, 94 (_foot-note_), 95
(_foot-note_).
Parish Registers. See Registers.
Park Grange, 71.
Park, New, 86.
Pennington, the village of, 153.
Perambulation of the New Forest, the first, 40;
the second, 40, 41;
character of the second, 41, 42.
Pignel Wood, 272, 273.
Pigs, right of turning out, in the Forest, 46;
breed of in the Forest, peculiar, 259.
Pitt’s Enclosure, Roman and Romano-British potteries, at, 220.
Pliny on the Isle of Wight, 57 (_foot-note_).
Poetry of the New Forest, character of, 175, 176 (_foot-note_).
Ponies, Forest, 259.
Potteries, Roman and Romano-British, 214;
at Crockle, first discovered by the Rev. J. Pemberton
Bartlett, 215;
at Anderwood, 215;
at Oakley, 215;
at Sloden, 216;
at the Lower Hat, 217;
at Crockle, description of, 218, 219;
at Island Thorn, 220;
at Pitt’s Enclosure, 220;
at Ashley Rails, 221;
at Black Heath, 221.
Provincialisms, Keltic element in the New Forest, 163;
the real character of, 173;
in the New Forest, 181-195.
(_See_ also Appendix I., 279).
Proverbs in the Forest, 179.
Puck, the fairy, in the Forest, 174;
names of fields, and woods, and barrows, derived from him,
175.
Puckpit’s Wood, 112, 113.
Pulpit, the, of Beaulieu Refectory, 68.
Purkess, family of, 97.
Q
Quarr Abbey, 155.
Queen’s Bower Wood, the, 83.
Queen’s Mead, the, 83.
Queen’s North, 11, 113, 114.
R
Raven, its breeding in the Forest, 270.
Reachmore Barrow, 113.
Redbridge, in _Domesday_, 51 (_foot-note_).
Redstart, Black, its periodical occurrence in the Forest, 274.
Refectory of Beaulieu Abbey, now the parish church, 67;
pulpit of, 68.
Registers, Parish, at Eling, extract from, 227, 228;
at Ibbesley, extracts from, 233, 234;
at Christchurch, 234;
date of registers in the Forest, 227 (_foot-note_).
Reredos, in the Priory Church of Christchurch, 140, 141;
in St. Mary’s Overie, 141 (_foot-note_).
Rere-mouse, meaning of, 192.
Rhinefield, nursery at, 47.
Rich and poor, difference between, 5.
Rights, Forest-, their origin, 36 (_foot-note_), 46 (_foot-note_).
Ringwood, 123;
fine brass at, 124.
Rodford, derivation of, 166.
Romans, why they chose the New Forest for their potteries, 224;
their influence on the district, 225.
_See_ also Potteries and Buckland Rings.
Rood-screen in Ellingham Church, 122;
at Christchurch, 140.
Rose, the _Red King_ by, 33 (_foot-note_);
_Gundimore_, extract from his, 146, 147 (_foot-note_).
Ross, John, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25
(_foot-note_).
Rue Copse, 56.
Rue, King’s, 56.
S
Salisbury Chapel, the, in the Priory Church of Christchurch, 141.
Salisbury, Countess of, her execution, 141, 142.
Salisbury, John of, on the character of William II., 99
(_foot-note_);
on William II.’s death, 106.
Sanctuary of Beaulieu, the right of, given by Innocent III., 63;
the Countess of Warwick flies to the, 64;
Perkin Warbeck, flies to, 64.
Sandyballs, 118.
Screen, Rood-, in Ellingham Church, 122;
in the Priory Church of Christchurch, 140.
Sepulchre, Easter, in Brockenhurst Church, 77.
Serlo and William II., 93, 94.
Setthornes, 81.
Shade, meaning of the word in the Forest, 181, 182.
Shakspeare, words used by, now provincialisms, 189.
Sheets-axe, meaning of the word, 183.
Shepherd’s Gutter Beds, the, 244, 245.
Shrewsbury, Fulchered, Abbot of St. Peter’s at, prophetic words
spoken by, 94 (_foot-note_), 102.
Sloden, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, 216.
Sloden Hole, plan of, 217 (_foot-note_).
Smoke Silver, 178 (_foot-note_);
explanation of, 232.
Smuggling, formerly carried on in the Forest, 169, 170.
Snow-storm, great, in the Forest, 180, 181.
Solent, traditions concerning the former depth of, 58.
Somerford Grange, 147.
Songs of the New Forest, 175, 176 (_foot-note_).
Sopley, derivation of, 127;
church of, 127.
Southey, married his second wife at Boldre Church, 80;
at Burton, 146.
Southampton, the Lord Treasurer, on the evils of granting
moorefalls, 43, 44 (_foot-note_).
Southampton, Sir Bevis of, 3;
ships built by Henry V. at, 4.
Souley Pond, 72;
iron-works at, 72.
Spelman, Peter, tenure at Brockenhurst held by, 76.
Spotswood, blunder of, 24 (_foot-note_).
Squoyles, meaning of the word, 183.
St. John’s Worts in the Forest, 254, 255.
Staneswood, in _Domesday_, 51 (_foot-note_).
Staple Cross, the, 145.
Stone, Rufus’s, 96, 97.
Stoney-Cross, views from, 110, 112.
Streams, character of the Forest, 14;
the best guide, 17;
beauty of, 83, 84.
Sunsets in the Forest, 15, 113;
from the Barton Cliffs, 149, 150.
Swanimote, Court of, 35.
Sway Common, 80, 81;
barrows on, 198, 199.
T
Thorougham, now Fritham, the Truham of _Domesday_, 96
(_foot-note_).
Tiril, Walter, William II. gives him two arrows, 93;
according to the Chroniclers shoots the King, 94;
his declaration to Suger, 106;
his implication in the murder, 106;
the cause of his supposed flight, 106;
his friendship with Anselm, 102.
Towns, historical interest in English, 129, 130;
their history, the history of the day, 130.
Tradition, its value in history, 97, 98.
Traditions in the Forest, 96, 97, 180, 181.
Trail of oak, the, meaning of, 183.
Travelling, modern, style of, 2.
Tree-forms, loveliness of, 9.
Trees, their comparative value as standing and cut, 18;
in the Forest, 254.
Truth, involuntarily perverted, 22.
Tweonea, the ancient name of Christchurch, 131.
Tyrrel’s Ford, 97, 126.
U
Urns found in Bratley barrow, 201, 202;
in Hilly Accombs barrow, 206 (_foot-note_);
in various other barrows, 211 (_foot-note_);
pieces of, in different barrows, 200, 204, 205, 207, 208.
Usnea barbata, its abundance in the Forest, 91 (_foot-note_).
V
Valley of the Avon, its character, 116.
Van-winged hawk, the, of the Forest, 261.
“Vineyards, the,” at Beaulieu Abbey, 67.
Vinney, meaning of the word, 190.
Vinney Ridge, 82, 83;
heronry at, 273.
Vitalis on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24;
on William II.’s death, 94, 95.