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WOODCOCK. 



PLATE CLXXU. FIG. I. 



Scolopax rtisticola, PEJTSANT. MOXTAOU. 



THE nest of this bird is built in woods and plantations, among dry 

 grass, fern, or leaves, of which its structure is formed. It is loosely 

 put together, but is placed in some warm spot. 



The eggs are generally four in number. They require seventeen days 

 incubation : the hen bird sits very close. The young run about as soon 

 as hatched. 



Two broods are hatched in the year. 



Mr. D. Brown, of Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perth, has kindly 

 forwarded me a specimen of the egg. 



