. History of Vermont, natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts, with a new map of the state, and 200 engravings . d spends the summer in low, moistgrounds, breeding in swamps, where itlays its eggs in a hollow loosely linedwith a little grass. The egos are 4, of ayellow-olive color, speckled with differentshades of brown. The young leave thenest as soon as they are hatched TheMesh of the Snipe is in high estimation onaccount of its exquisite flavor, on whichaccount it is eagerly sought by the sports-man. They arc frequently seen strikingtheir bill into the black marshy food,
. History of Vermont, natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts, with a new map of the state, and 200 engravings . d spends the summer in low, moistgrounds, breeding in swamps, where itlays its eggs in a hollow loosely linedwith a little grass. The egos are 4, of ayellow-olive color, speckled with differentshades of brown. The young leave thenest as soon as they are hatched TheMesh of the Snipe is in high estimation onaccount of its exquisite flavor, on whichaccount it is eagerly sought by the sports-man. They arc frequently seen strikingtheir bill into the black marshy food, consists principally of worms,leeches and aquatic insects. Genus Rusticoea.—leric Characters.—Billipe, but more rubust, will) 10G NATURAL HISTORY OF VERMONT. Taut I. THE WOODCOCK. UK VIRGINIA RAIL, tenuatud and not depressed ; the under mandibleis al?o deeply grooved beneath. Eyes placed farbad. in the head. Leys short, robust and whollyfeathered to the knees; tarsus shorter than ihemiddle ioe ; toes cleft from the base, and the hindnail truncated. The 1st or 4th primary longest.•Tail of 12 THE WOODCOCK. Rusticola minor.—Nuttall. Dkscription.—Back darkly marblodwith black ferruginous and ash ; chinwhite; throat grayish; belly yellowishwhite ; thighs and posterior parts beneathbright ferruginous; crown black, crossedwith three light ferruginous bands, themiddle one broadest A black stripe fromthe eye to the angle of the mouth, andanother from the bill up the frontlet;front part of the head grayish; marblingon the wings lighter and finer than onthe back ; legs and feet light flesh color;bill dusky horn color, nearly black at thetip ; nails brownish black, small. First4 primaries nearly equal, 3 first of the specimen before me 11inches, folded wing 5£, bill History.—The Woodcock* is quitecommon in Vermont, although very sel-dom seen, on account of its nocturnalhabits. It feeds and moves front place toplace almost exclusively in t
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