. Birdcraft : a field book of two hundred song, game, and water birds . buff, with indefinitebrown markings and gray cloudings. Mange: Eastern United States, north to the British Provinces, westto Dakota, Kansas, etc. The king of our Game-birds, to be distinguished from theSnipe, which it resembles, by its heavier build, shorter legs,and plain red-brown under parts. Though grouped withShore-birds, it is more frequently to be found in shelteredbogs and in woods bordering swamps than by lakes orrivers. The Woodcocks obtain the grubs and larvae on which theyfeed by probing in the soft mud with th
. Birdcraft : a field book of two hundred song, game, and water birds . buff, with indefinitebrown markings and gray cloudings. Mange: Eastern United States, north to the British Provinces, westto Dakota, Kansas, etc. The king of our Game-birds, to be distinguished from theSnipe, which it resembles, by its heavier build, shorter legs,and plain red-brown under parts. Though grouped withShore-birds, it is more frequently to be found in shelteredbogs and in woods bordering swamps than by lakes orrivers. The Woodcocks obtain the grubs and larvae on which theyfeed by probing in the soft mud with the bill, which is soextremely sensitive at the tip as to enable them to selectfood wholly by the sense of touch. The eyes are set in thehead at a very peculiar angle, which gives the birds a ratherfoolish appearance. This is a protective provision of eyes being situated high up and far back in both theSnipe and Woodcock enables them, by increasing the fieldof vision, to escape from many of their enemies, even thoughthey cannot see their food. 236 PLATE
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