. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . CHAPTER XII. THE WOODCOCK. SCOLOPAX MINOR. Hie in ! At that glad word away they dart,And, winding various ways, with careful speedExplore the cover. Hark! that quest proclaimsThe woodcocks haunt. THE CLAIMS OF THE WOODCOCK. HAT bird is there in the catalogue ofthe American sportsman which surpasses^^ the woodcock, whether we consider thebeauty of its plumage, its general con-tour, the richness and delicacy of itsmeat, or the pleasure derived from shooting it? Spo
. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . CHAPTER XII. THE WOODCOCK. SCOLOPAX MINOR. Hie in ! At that glad word away they dart,And, winding various ways, with careful speedExplore the cover. Hark! that quest proclaimsThe woodcocks haunt. THE CLAIMS OF THE WOODCOCK. HAT bird is there in the catalogue ofthe American sportsman which surpasses^^ the woodcock, whether we consider thebeauty of its plumage, its general con-tour, the richness and delicacy of itsmeat, or the pleasure derived from shooting it? Sportsmen eagerly pursue thisinteresting and noble bird in every quarterwhere he makes his appearance, and experience more gratification in the display of a couple of woodcocks than they would in the triumphant exhi-212
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