. The land-birds and game-birds of New England with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes. Birds. WOODCOCK. 419 a. About eleven inches long. Beneath, varying from (very) pale reddish buff to ruddy chestnut, darkest on the sides, whitening on the chin and cheeks. Above, varied with the same tint, with black, and with grayish. Forehead. Fig. 22. Woodcock. (^) scarcely marked, but bordered by a dark, irregular (and often indistinct) line from the bill to the eye. Immature specimens are paler and grayer above, and have several white markings. 5. The eggs average a
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes. Birds. WOODCOCK. 419 a. About eleven inches long. Beneath, varying from (very) pale reddish buff to ruddy chestnut, darkest on the sides, whitening on the chin and cheeks. Above, varied with the same tint, with black, and with grayish. Forehead. Fig. 22. Woodcock. (^) scarcely marked, but bordered by a dark, irregular (and often indistinct) line from the bill to the eye. Immature specimens are paler and grayer above, and have several white markings. 5. The eggs average about X1-20 of an inch, though variable in size and shape, and are creamy, brownish, or clay- color, spotted and blotched with lilac and rather dull or in- distinct browns. In Massachusetts, a set of four is usually laid about the middle of April. The places chosen are Vermont, but in Massachusetts and to the southward its numbers have de- creased steadily and very rapidly dur- ing the past twenty years. Indeed, in many localities, especially in eastern Massachusetts, it has become a posi- tively rare bird during the summer season. The diminution in the number of migrants, although sufficiently seri- ous and alarming, is much less than that of our local birds, and many of the old-time corerts continue to afford fairly good autumn shoodng. The species has been known to occur in midwinter in southern New England. — W. 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 Minot, Henry Davis, 1859-1890; Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin
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