THE OOLOGIST 41 
on the eggs; or possibly the large 
amount of falling snow made the bird 
shift her position until by the con- 
stant moving the eggs were covered 
with snow; then the next day the 
other egg was deposited as before 
‘mentioned. Then the second snow 
fall occurred which the bird could 
not withstand and so finally desert- 
ed the nest and eggs. 
We found several more nests in the 
same way on that day, and in each 
roundings. Plate No. 3. Then my son 
Ed. crept up towards the nest and by 
cutting away some twigs, dry grass 
and herbage showed the bird more 
clearly. Plate No. 1. 
He now crept nearer and with a 
slender twig three feet long raised the 
bill up and down as shown on Plate 
2, finally getting closer he took ahold 
of the bill with his fingers when the 
Woodcock flushed from the nest, ex- 
posing a fine set of four eggs, Plate 
No. 4. 
Woodcock, Nest and Eggs 
case the eggs were found as describ- 
ed. 
In the Spring of 1908 we were for- 
tuate in securing good photographs 
of the Wocdcock, for in its breeding 
time this wary bird loses much-of its 
shyness, as will be shown by the illus- 
trations. 
Having located a bird on the nest, 
we first took the picture, which shows 
how its colors blend with the sur- 
During all this time, the Male bird 
was close at hand; sometimes within 
five or six feet, 
Close by we found to our astonish- 
ment a pair of Woodcock strutting 
around us, nct more than five or six 
feet away. They reminded us of a 
turkey ccck as they went along with 
heads erect and bills pointing down- 
ward close to their breasts. We used 
every effort to find their nest without 
