. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . se of our species. 228. Woodcock. Philohela minor. —Eastern North America, north to theBritish Provinces, breeding throughout its range. This is one of the most eagerly sought gamebirds of the east. Their flight is very rapid anderratic, and accompanied by a peculiar whistlingsound made by the rapid motion of the wings; itrequires a skillfulmarksman tobring them frequentboggy places es-pecially runslined with alders,where the
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . se of our species. 228. Woodcock. Philohela minor. —Eastern North America, north to theBritish Provinces, breeding throughout its range. This is one of the most eagerly sought gamebirds of the east. Their flight is very rapid anderratic, and accompanied by a peculiar whistlingsound made by the rapid motion of the wings; itrequires a skillfulmarksman tobring them frequentboggy places es-pecially runslined with alders,where they borein the soft groundfor worms andgrubs. Theireggs are laid up-on the bareground among the leaves and sticks; they are of about the colorof dead leaves, as is also the bird, making it quitedifficult to discover their nests. They lay threeor four eggs of a buffy color, with yellowish brownAmerican Woodcock. spots. Size X Wilsons Snipe [ European Snipe. Gallinago gallinago. A common species in Europe; of casual or accidental appearance in Green-land. The bird does not differ essentially from our Snipe and its habits arethe
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