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WOODLARK. 
ALAUDA ARBOREA, Linnzus. 
The Woodlark is a scarce resident in Cheshire, and 
only a few instances of its occurrence are known, 
although possibly it has been overlooked. 
Captain Congreve has in his possession a water- 
colour drawing of a Woodlark, marked ‘ Burton, 1839.’? 
Brockholes saw one at Claughton, near Birkenhead, in 
April 1859, and a pair at Burton in May 1861.2 Writ- 
ing in 1873, Dr. J. D. Sainter stated that Woodlarks 
had recently been observed at Gawsworth, where they 
used to breed twenty-five years previously. Mr. H. 
H. Corbett tells us that he has known of a nest at 
Alderley. In 1882, the late J. F. Robinson stated that 
he heard a Woodlark singing on several evenings 
in a wooded hollow at the foot of Simmons Hill, 
Manley? Mr. W. Beaumont, who has kept Woodlarks 
as cage-birds and is well acquainted with their song, 
tells us that he has heard birds singing at Woodley 
and Poynton. 
1 Dobie, zn Jit. 2 Brockholes, op. cit. p. 7. 
3 Nature, vol. ix. p. 182. 1873. 
4 Manchester City News, July 8, 1882. 
