112 BIRDS OF CHESHIRE. 
Ashley Lane, Bowdon.’ A bird and seven eggs were 
taken by Mr. A. Cookson from a nest in the trunk of 
an old poplar at Oakmere about the year 1884.2 We 
are informed by Mr. W. Beaumont that in 1880 a 
Wryneck with a broken wing, which had been found 
beneath the telegraph wires at Marple, was brought 
to him in the flesh; and Mr. F. 8S. Graves tells us that 
he saw one at Bramhall about the year 1890. 
SUB-FAMILY PICINE. 
GREEN WOODPECKER. 
GECINUS VIRIDIS (Linneus). 
Yafile, Witwall, Ktwall. 
The Green Woodpecker is irregularly distributed 
throughout the Cheshire lowlands, being only present 
in those districts where there is plenty of old timber, 
and, except in one or two localities, is nowhere 
abundant. 
We know of no instance in which the bird has 
nested in Wirral, though Brockholes believed that 
it occasionally did so, as he had observed birds at all 
times of the year* Byerley only records the bird from 
New Brighton.* 
It is rare in the neighbourhood of Chester, is occa- 
sionally seen at Ince, and has nested at Stanlow, Boles- 
worth Castle, and Eaton.2 At Edge and Combermere 
it is abundant, and Mr. A. P. White tells us that there 
are a few in the woods at Little Budworth. We have 
often seen the bird in Delamere Forest, and it is com- 
1 Manchester City News, May 30, 1874. 
2 Of. Dobie, op. cit. p. 307. > Brockholes, op. cit. p. 9. 
4 Byerley, op. cit. p. 15. > Dobie, op. cit. p. 308. 8 Ibid. 
