228. Philohela minor 
WOODCOCK. 11 inches 
Adult. Above, forehead and sides of head gray with black 
stripes ; back grayish brown, mottled and blotched with yellowish. 
Below, throat white; breast and flanks pale chestnut; large flat 
head; eye large 5 O:/7- long plegs shorts oiourid (5p 
in bushy swamps ; feeds at night; during the ' 
breeding season, in March and April, it per- 
forms an interesting flight song. 
Note. “ Peent, peent.”” Nest. On the ground, 
in alder swamp or moist woodland. 
Breeds. Throughout. Becoming rare. Ar- | 
rives in March, leaves in November. 

70 
