. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . and perpetually nodding the is so unsuspicious as to permit one to approach within a few yards of it,without appearing to take notice, or to be the least alarmed. THE RED-BREASTED SANDPIPERS Is commonly called the gray bach, or brown back, on our seacoasts. It is aparticular favorite among gunners, being generally a very plump, tender, andexcellent bird for the table. They usually keep in small flocks, alight onthe sand-flats in a close body, where they
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . and perpetually nodding the is so unsuspicious as to permit one to approach within a few yards of it,without appearing to take notice, or to be the least alarmed. THE RED-BREASTED SANDPIPERS Is commonly called the gray bach, or brown back, on our seacoasts. It is aparticular favorite among gunners, being generally a very plump, tender, andexcellent bird for the table. They usually keep in small flocks, alight onthe sand-flats in a close body, where they search for small bivalve the approach of the sportsman, they frequently stand fixed and silent forsome time; do not appear to be easily alarmed, neither do they run aboutin the water as much as some others, or with the same rapidity, but appearmore tranquil and deliberate. They retire to the south in November. The other individuals of this family, both American and foreign, are toonumerous to be particularized. 1 Tringa alpina. Lin. 2 Tringa solitaries Wilson. 3 Tringa rufa, Wilsos. 646 AVES—WOODCOCK. THE WOODCOCKS. The woodcock of the old continent inhabits and breeds in the northernregions during summer; but on the commencement of the frost, it beginsto migrate southward. The greater part of them leave England at the closeof February, or the beginning of March, after having paired; but they aresometimes detained for a while longer by the wind being adverse. The woodcock is about as large as a pigeon, with a bill three inches crown of the head and back of the neck are barred with black, and bblack streak runs from the bill to the eyes. It flaps its wings with somoise when it rises, and its flight is pretty rapid, but neither high nor longand its descent is so sudden that it seems to fall like a stone. It flies verystraight in a wood of tall trees, but in a copse it is often obliged to wind,and frequently drops behind bushes, to conceal itself from the eye
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