304 SKETCHES OF EUROPEAN ORNITHOLOGY. 
been called upon to consummate a work which, however feebly com- 
menced, has been so magnanimously prosecuted, we resume our 
labours in all the humility of spirit inspired by a sense of unspeakable 
inferiority to that man who, in the hour of need, so kindly and consi- 
derately stepped forward to relieve us from our burden. Favours, 
emanating from a noble mind, are rendered peculiarly estimable by 
the unobtrusive grace and delicacy with which they have been con- 
ferred. 
PxateE I. exhibits a not very correct, rather clumsily drawn, yet 
well-coloured figure of the Woodcock,—Scolopax rusticola,—le Be- 
casse ordinaire, F’r.,—Beccaccio, Jt..—Wald Schneppe, G'.,—Hout- 
snep, Dutch. The migrations of this well-known bird extend from 
the Arctic circle to Asia. Eggs: four, yellowish-white, blotched with 
pale chesnut-brown. From the peculiarity of form, manners, and ha- 
bits which characterize the Woodcock, Mr. Gould proposes that, 
with one or two other species, it should constitute a new genus under 
the title of Rusticola, already employed by Vieillot. It figures in the 
Systematic Arrangement of our former Derbyshire Correspondent, 
under the name of R&R. migratoria, or Woodoc! A more unobjec- 
tionable designation than Rusticola might readily be devised. 
Puate II. Red-headed Pochard,—Fuligula—olim Anas—feri- 
na,—Canard Milouin, F7.,—Anatra Penelope, Jt..—die Taffel- 
Ente, G. Figures of the male and female, exquisitely drawn and 
coloured. The London markets are supplied with great quantities of 
the Pochard: it is there known by the name of Dun-bird. Food: 
aquatic plants and Mollusca. Eggs: twelve in number and white. 
Breeds in marshes. 
Pxate III. Bartram’s Sandpiper,— Zotanus Bartramia,—Che- 
valier 4 longue queue, Fr.,—der Langgeschwanzte Strandlaiifer, G. 
It isthe Zringa Bartramia, of the American Ornithologist, Wilson ; 
by whom it was first discovered and described,— Tringa longicauda, 
of the German Bechstein. A native of North America; two or 
three specimens only have been taken in Europe. Food and propa- 
gation unknown. The figure of the adult male before us is very 
nicely drawn and coloured. How obviously preferable is the specific 
designation, Jongicauda, expressing, as it does, a marked external 
character of the bird, to that derived from the name of an ornitholo- 
gist alike unknown, and uncared-for, by us ! 
Pirate IV. Hedge-Accentor,—Accentor modularis,—Accentor 
mouchet, F’r.,—Schiefer-breustiger Sanger, G'.,—de Winter Zanger, 
D. This elegant little bird, the Hedge Sparrow,—Motacilla,— Syl- 
