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EPPING FOREST.
Missel Thrush. Common. Sings in Wanstead Park in
mid-winter and the early months.
Wryneck. Comes with the cuckoo, and is frequently heard
in April, but soon leaves us for the more retired parts of
the Forest.
Green Woodpecker. May be constantly heard tapping, and
occasionally seen, in the northern part of the Forest.
Very frequent about Cook's Folly, near Walthamstow.
KINGFISHER.
Greater Spotted Woodpecker. Occurs in Loughton Manor.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. "Three times seen in my
garden at Leytonstone."—A. L. Not very uncommon
in the Forest.
Nuthatch. Frequent in the neighbourhood of Buckhurst
Hill. A neighbour of mine supplies them with nuts,
which they carry off every morning, invariably leaving
unsound ones. "Many years ago a pair used to come