. British birds. Birds. OTES. WOOD-LARK BREEDING IN MONTGOMERYSHIRE With reference to Capt. W. M. Congreve's note {anfea, p. 58) on the breeding of the Wood-Lark {Lullula a. arhorea) in Montgomeryshire the following may be of interest. During the latter end of May (i7th-3ist), 1921, I stayed at a house in the Dovey Valley, and on the day of my arrival I heard a Wood-Lark singing on the hillside not far from the house. I heard it singing and saw it soaring almost at the same spot every day I was there. One day I saw, and lieard, what I think was another bird at a village about a mile higher up
. British birds. Birds. OTES. WOOD-LARK BREEDING IN MONTGOMERYSHIRE With reference to Capt. W. M. Congreve's note {anfea, p. 58) on the breeding of the Wood-Lark {Lullula a. arhorea) in Montgomeryshire the following may be of interest. During the latter end of May (i7th-3ist), 1921, I stayed at a house in the Dovey Valley, and on the day of my arrival I heard a Wood-Lark singing on the hillside not far from the house. I heard it singing and saw it soaring almost at the same spot every day I was there. One day I saw, and lieard, what I think was another bird at a village about a mile higher up the valley. This one was singing when perched on a post on the common near the village. After having left this bird singing on the common I heard the bird on the hillside singing in the usual place, so came to the conclusion that there was more than one in the neighbourhood. Towards the end of our stay my wife called my attention to some birds in a lane at the foot of the hill mentioned. Fortunately, I had my field-glasses with me and was able to identify them as Wood-Larks. There were four young ones being fed by one parent bird. We kept them under observation for some time and were able to get quite near them and observe them distinctly from within a few yards, by the naked eye. I may add that the Wood-Lark is quite familiar to me as it is fairly common in my neighbourhood. We were not able to find a nest, but I think that a parent bird feeding its young is fairly conclusive evidence that the birds nested in the immediate neighbourhood. W. MiALL Jones MALE BLACKCAP SINGING WHILE BROODING. Mr. G. C. S. Ingram, in his " Field Notes on the Blackcap " {aniea, p. 80) refers to the singing of the male while he was brooding. In a communication to the Zoologist, 1915, p. 182, I mention that Prof. Newton {Dictionary of Birds, p. 43), after alluding to the male Blackcap sharing with the female the duty of incubation, refers to writers who have declared that the male whilst so
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