BRITISH BIRDS. 



SCOLOPACIDM 



THE WOODCOCK. 



Scolopaoo 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. 



SELBV, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 1 07. 



JKNYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 204. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xvii. 



Becasse 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 beyond that of the lower 



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