the parish in the rocky bank of a stream formed by the waste water of Hurst Mill Pond.
The Wood Lark (Alauda arborea), whose song is more highly esteemed by many persons than that of the Sky Lark, is not uncommon in the district, but is much less numerous than the latter species, and much more local. "Scarcely a season passes," says Mr. Weaver, "but we meet with its nest on the ground among grass in Uppark and Lady Holt Park, at which time the bird may, of course, be frequently seen and heard; but we have particularly noticed that although in its musical soarings it not unfrequently passes and repasses the boundaries of the parks, it seldom strays far from either in the breeding season. On the other hand, large flocks of them may be seen towards the end of winter, before they have selected their several summer homes" (p. 278).
The Hawfinch, which is generally found in small parties in severe weather, has on a few occasions been found nesting in the parish; while at no great distance, in an easterly direction, it is said to be "permanently resident" (p. 282). The increase in the numbers of this bird of late years, and its extended distribution, has been noticed by observant naturalists in many different localities.
In the year 1776 the late Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh imported from France several sittings of the eggs of the Red-legged Partridge, and in the subsequent correspondence between him and his mother we learn that the hatching was perfectly successful; several coveys were bred in the walled gardens attached to "Harting Place" and in the park; but the experiment to establish them here permanently seems to have failed. Mr. Weaver says:—
"We have a recollection of some forty years, during which we never heard of a single specimen having been found on the estate; and when, about the year 1860, one of the keepers discovered several eggs of the species on Castle Farm, he brought them in as the eggs of 'some furrin bird,' the like of which he had never seen before. Since then we have not only met with several in the Warren and on East Hartiug Farm (some deposited in nests of the Pheasant), but many of the birds have been shot on East Harting Down, where it has been no uncommon occurrence to put up a covey or two several seasons in succession. The species is said to be tolerably common in the neighbourhood of Butser Hill" (p. 287).
The Black Grouse is briefly alluded to as rare, "one or two
