. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. 142 NOTES ON THE AMERICAN WOODCOCK deceptively the colors of the bird harmonize with those of the ground about the nest is well illustrated by the picture on page 145. Sometimes the weather is very unfavorable for them as in the spring of 1904 when we found the Woodcock in hard luck. In our locality the thirteenth of April is usually the time to look for full sets of Woodcock's eggs. That year was no excep- tion to the rule, although at the time referred to we had been. F7-om Photo by James Savage visited by a hea
. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. 142 NOTES ON THE AMERICAN WOODCOCK deceptively the colors of the bird harmonize with those of the ground about the nest is well illustrated by the picture on page 145. Sometimes the weather is very unfavorable for them as in the spring of 1904 when we found the Woodcock in hard luck. In our locality the thirteenth of April is usually the time to look for full sets of Woodcock's eggs. That year was no excep- tion to the rule, although at the time referred to we had been. F7-om Photo by James Savage visited by a heavy snowfall which covered the ground to the depth of eight inches. The snow had been partially melted by the sun, but was frozen hard during the ensuing night. Two days later another snow storm occurred. The next morning found us on the ground, which is an ideal locality for the nest- ing of this bird. The ground was then completely covered with about five inches of crusted snow. In company with several friends we immediately began our search for the woodcock. We soon found the tracks of a pair where they had been feed- ing or trying to find food around partly frozen water Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N. Y. : Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
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