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 WOODCOCK. 



SOOLOPAX EUSTICOLA, Lin. 



The Woodcocks 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 MAKTIUS, 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. It is a 

 native of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and is 



