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SvoLoPpax RusTICOLA, Lin. 
The Woodcoeks arrive from the northern parts 
of the Continent the beginning of October. They 
are generally dispersed in Great Britain, Scotland, 
and Ireland, frequenting marshy places, brooks, 
and ditches, generally in woods and thickets, or by 
hedges. Their flight is more direct and sedate than 
that of the Snipe. Many pairs have of late years 
bred in this country, and take their departure in 
March and April. Their eggs, generally four in 
number, are of a yellowish white hue, clouded 
and spotted with grey and reddish brown. 
WOODPECKER, GREAT BLACK. 
Picus Martius, Lin. 
The Black Woodpecker is found among the 
birds of France and Provence, and is not un- 
commonly met with in the pine forests of Swit- 
zerland, Savoy, and the Tyrol. In winter it occa- 
sionally appears in the vicinity of Rome. Itisa 
native of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and is 
