25 FEBRUARY 1928, Page 13

ON SHEEN COMMON.

Birds, of course, as we know in England, belong to town as well as country. An acquaintance of mine went for a January walk on Sheen Common, and besides many commoner birds, saw a kestrel, a snipe, two tole-tits, a bullfinch, and a golden-crested wren—a good bag for a London suburb, but not surprising to those who have had occasion to study London birds. At least as surprising fruits of observation have been gathered in walks just outside Newcastle and Liverpool, to quote remembered examples.