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UUtionVOod, Miil ihe h'OOS oak. lurch, and larch, ii. ( 

 <'\ V('Jni'> ihiru \ear.' "j'oNNth \noiher says; (lint 



" tll( y V HIV placed amongst dead -MM'.-. .111.1 I. 1 IV OS, \N M 1 1 



iiompt at concealment." In Norway, tho 

 found inerelx placed on ill. 1 IMIV ;M\)iiihl, 



uiuiiM' lM'ush>Yi>o(l, or \\linv ilu' youni^ spniro in was 

 'I'viin springing iVoni ;i -.p;uv ^\\\\ jn-.i rlt^inul of tho 

 "11 (roos Tlu^ most ronwrluiMo |xvulitin(v \n (ho 

 fonuution of tho woodcock, is tho stnicturo oi it < lull 



ni.MMiros uluMH thri-c iuolios, :md is I'niTONYoii tunivly 

 it-; \\lioh' liMi-Mli, hji'iiillv roinjMTssrd, Mild rurvtul at 

 ilit' tip. \\liit'!i iM'ojtM'ts, iind forms M Kind ol knob, 

 which ' vtM'N n>i,i\> , and ctipublo ol >li - runuiatiou 

 .'f !(> foid ^priuoipalh worms), \vliioli n i^\(racls from 

 moist Around-. l>v means of its sharp and poiutoil 

 tongue. Tho bill is iutoixtn'tod l'\ nuni( v rous voilis, 

 Tlh 1 ovt^ is lar**o, and so t'onstnicttul us to catch ili v 

 tamtr ' li-dit, a uoc < '. > .n\ . since n is a noi 



turnal wamltM'or. Tlu^ di^'ostion of woodcocks is 

 singularly nipid, and their feeding piopcn -n ic -. ,|int- 



oui (>t' proportion \\iih otluM' hii',1 . llie\ tlinisl l.luMI' 

 hill-;, ondoucd. a-- \\ c ha\t > soon, \\iih a wonderful 

 dolicacv t>f i\H'lin into me soft nuul of tho uiar-di or 

 shore, in -.(Mii'h ot the a|iiaiic l.n\.\ v .M insocts and 

 small wiu'ms ; and thus they here imcoasm^lv during 

 ihe 'M.Mit'-.i pan >t the m^hl lv>r lht N l\uil, that i - > no 

 soonor taken than it i-> in process of di;e-,u.Mi Tho 

 woodcock inotisiuvs alunn fourtotMi inrhos m leniMh. 



