. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES *37 dents, it is one of the earliest of our birds to nest, sharing honors in this respect with the prairie horned lark, bluebird, killdeer and migrant shrike. The nesting site is most frequently chosen among bushes and second growth in pastures or along the edge of the woods. The nest is often placed at the root of a bush or beside a log and is a mere depression in the ground lined with a few dry leaves and grasses. The number of eggs in a nest is nearly. From Photo by James Sav
. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES *37 dents, it is one of the earliest of our birds to nest, sharing honors in this respect with the prairie horned lark, bluebird, killdeer and migrant shrike. The nesting site is most frequently chosen among bushes and second growth in pastures or along the edge of the woods. The nest is often placed at the root of a bush or beside a log and is a mere depression in the ground lined with a few dry leaves and grasses. The number of eggs in a nest is nearly. From Photo by James Savage always four; on one occasion only did we see five, and the complement is to be found the second week of April. The eggs show considerable variation in size and color. They measure from to , and are "brownish clay- color, more buffy or more grayish, with numberless chocolate brown surface markings and stone gray shell ; (Coues.) I found my first nest of the woodcock on high ground in what has since become Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, April 16th, 1864, on the edge of a snowbank. The parent bird must have been killed by an owl, as its feathers were lying near the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N. Y. : Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
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