. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ke the craft-man or deer hunter, who immediatelyreccgnizes signs of his game upon en-tering their domains, I felt that I wasnet at all too early for eggs of thisinteresting Wader. I recognized cer-tain signs about the brush that werecf considerable significance, but all Icould discover was an empty egg shellwhich some Jay or Crow had evident-ly carried from the nest of the Wood-cock, and devoured the contents, whileleisurly perched en a fallen limb. Ihunted faithfully, but could not dis-cover the nest, yet the birds were inevidenc
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ke the craft-man or deer hunter, who immediatelyreccgnizes signs of his game upon en-tering their domains, I felt that I wasnet at all too early for eggs of thisinteresting Wader. I recognized cer-tain signs about the brush that werecf considerable significance, but all Icould discover was an empty egg shellwhich some Jay or Crow had evident-ly carried from the nest of the Wood-cock, and devoured the contents, whileleisurly perched en a fallen limb. Ihunted faithfully, but could not dis-cover the nest, yet the birds were inevidence. April 20th, found me in a large placeresorted to by several pairs, of thesebirds, annually. I started to make athorough canvas of the poplar, willow,hazel, ash and Sumach bushes stand-ing in patches over a territory quiteracist and springy. Presently I espiedan incubating bird covering four eggs,situated in a slight depression besidea little log. This disclosure was fol-lowed by an unusual experience, detection of another Woodcock 102 THE OOLOGIS1. Nesting Site of Woodcock, Channel Lake, 30, 1906. Photo by G. A. Abbott, Mt. Abbott furnished us a nearer view showing sitting on nest with one bright eye plainly it too Late to use with this article. [Ed.] PhlLohelja in out- sitting on four beauties among fallenlimbs, not forty feet away from thefirst nest. Never before, had I wit-nessed such an example of sociabilityon the part of these birds. April 23rd, I was on the ground ofa densely covered area, comprisinglarge timber with second growth bor-dering it on various sides. After oneand a half hours search, a parent wasobserved on a nest of four dark eggs,perfectly fresh. I was confident thatanother pair was occupying the sameunderbrush, but could not prove myapprehension until several weeks later when I chanced upon a nest fromwhich the young had just was a little disappointing (tome,) though probably very gratifying,to th
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