17-2 WOODCOCK SHOOTING. 



lengthened and sensitive, straight (upper mandible 

 curved, and projecting over into a knob in the wood- 

 cock), basally compressed, slightly curved at the tip, 

 and there dilated ; the tip of the maxilla fitting into 

 that of the mandible in the whole tribe ; leos and feet 

 slim ; tarsi of moderate length ; tibiiE only for a short 

 space naked, or altogether clothed with feathers ; 

 wings moderate, tips of the quills somewhat romided, 

 but the first or second longest. 



Types : Scolopax nisticola, galUnago, Sabuiii, &c. 

 Habits of several, to a limited extent, sylvan; all 

 migratory, or partially so ; squat on the approach of 

 danger. Breeding and winter plumage similar. 



