. British game birds and wildfowl . e firstprimary quill feather with a broad white shaft; tail feathers, ash brown at the base,darker towards the end. The five outer tail feathers on each side white at the end;this colour increasing in extent on each lateral feather, the outer one on each side havingonly a dusky spot on the inner web, but this appears to be constant at all ages; chinand throat, white—this colour extending from the latter round the nape of the neck;below this and above the breast is a collar of black. The breast itself, the belly, vent,and under tail coverts, pure white; legs
. British game birds and wildfowl . e firstprimary quill feather with a broad white shaft; tail feathers, ash brown at the base,darker towards the end. The five outer tail feathers on each side white at the end;this colour increasing in extent on each lateral feather, the outer one on each side havingonly a dusky spot on the inner web, but this appears to be constant at all ages; chinand throat, white—this colour extending from the latter round the nape of the neck;below this and above the breast is a collar of black. The breast itself, the belly, vent,and under tail coverts, pure white; legs and toes, flesh-colour, tinged with yellow; theclaws, black. Adult females have the white and black frontal bands narrower than the males, accordingto M. Temminck, and they are also less perfectly defined. Young birds of the year want all the decided black markings which distinguish oldbirds, and the ash brown feathers of the back and wing coverts have buff-colouredmargins.—Yarrell. The length is about six inches and a oo-c 123 WOODCOCK. Scohpax rurficola, . . Ijxsxub. Becasse ordinaire, ..... Temjiince. Scohpax. SMops—A stake sharpened at one end: from the form of its bill. Rusticola—A Woodcock. The Woodcock, although, as we shall presently show, not unfrequently breeding withus, is, as far as all sporting or gastronomic purposes are concerned, a winter visitor tothis country. They arrive in considerable flocks or flights upon our shores, usuallyabout the end of September or the beginning of October; and it is a curious fact in thehistory of these migrations, that they first make their appearance near the line of coast,whether this be north, south, east, or west; and after resting a day or two, distributethemselves over the inland country, in places suited to their habits. With respect tothe east and south coasts of England this is well ascertained to be the case; and speakingof the west coast of Ireland, Mr. Thompson says, Mr. G. Jackson, (gamekeeper to theE
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