173 WOODCOCK SHOOTING. 



lengthened and sensitive, straight (upper mandible 

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

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

 and there dilated; the tip of the rnaxilla fitting into 

 that of tin* mandible in the whole tribe ; legs and feet 

 slim: tarsi of moderate length: tibia- onlv for a short 

 space naked, or altogether clothed with feathers ; 

 wings moderate, tips of the quills somewhat rounded. 

 but the first or second longest. 



Tvpes: Scolojmj' nitticold. (jallina<jo, Snbinii, iv.e. 

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

 migratory, or partially so ; squat on the approach of 

 danger. Breeding and winter plumage similar. 



