WOODCOCK 



PLATE CLXXII. FIGURE I. 



Seolopax rusticola, .... PENNANT. MONTAGU. 

 Scolopax rusticuta, .... NAUMANN. 



THE nest of this bird is merely a depression in a dry 

 place in woods and plantations, lined with dry grass, 

 fern, or leaves, loosely put together. 



The eggs are generally four in number. They are of 

 a yellowish white colour, blotted with ash grey or reddish 

 brown. They require seventeen days' incubation ; the hen 

 bird sits very close. The young run about as soon as 

 hatched. 



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