cock. 



( 32- ) 



ZooL II. 347. iv. tat'- 70- 



; REEDS in the heath of the highland 

 hiils^ near Invercatild. 



SNIPE. 



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142 Wood- Br. Zool. 11. 348. iv. tah. 14. 



Er. Coilleach-cciliey Ciom-uan duilkag. 



'"T^HESE birds appear in flights on the 

 E. coails of Scotland., about the end of 

 Ouober, and foiiietimes fooner ; if fooner it 

 is a certain fign of the Winter being early 

 and (evere ; if later, that the beginning of 

 the Winter will be mild. Woodcocks make 

 a very fnort flay en the E. coafts, owing to 

 tlieir being deftitiite of wood ♦, but fome of 

 them refort to the moors. They continue 

 arriving in lucce'iion for near a month, and 

 in tvtij county in Scotland (where they are 

 found) fly regularly from Eaft to W'eil. 



Appear about 'Taymouth^ which is pretty 

 central, in t"he beginning or middle of A''^- 

 vemhcr; continue there in plenty 'tiM the 

 middle or latter end of March., according to 

 the mildnefs or rigor of the feafon, and then 

 difp-ppear at once. They do not reach the 

 cdafls of h^cther-Lcrn, the Weft co ail of yfr- 

 gylepire.^ 'till December or "January. Wccd- 

 cocks arc very rarely fecn in Cathnefs\ they 



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