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BEITISH BIRDS. 



SCOLOPACIDJS. 



THE WOODCOCK. 



Scolopax rusticola. 



Scolopax rusticola, The Woodcock, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 40. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 45. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 105. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 107. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 204. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



BGcasse ordinaire, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 673. 



SCOLOPAX. Generic Characters. Beak long, straight, compressed, 

 slender, soft, slightly curved at the point ; both mandibles grooved over 

 the basal half of their length ; point of the upper mandible extending 



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