WOODCOCK 7 
The English woodcock, so called—by which is 
meant the woodcock of Europe—is twice the bulk of 
the American bird, and though in a general way sim- 
ilar in color, the pattern is so different that the two 
could never be confused, even though they were of the 
same size. This European bird has occasionally been 
RANGE OF THE WOODCOCK 
taken in America. Any sportsman who may chance to 
kill a woodcock twice the size of the ordinary bird, 
paler in color and distinctly cross-barred, should by 
all means have it at once examined by a naturalist; and 
if unable to reach a naturalist, he should have the skin 
preserved, and should report the occurrence. 
Many of the woodcock pursue their winter journeys 
as far south as the Gulf of Mexico, while others winter 
much farther to the north. In fact, it is not altogether 
