OP JirOETHTTMBERLAXD AND DUKHAM. lOo 



tkree "Woodcocks." I am indebted to Edmond Crawshay, Esq., 

 for tlie knowledge of a fact that verifies this assertion of our dis- 

 tinguished ornithologist. I am told by Mr. Crawshay that a 

 fiiend of his reared a brood of three Woodcocks, and that a man 

 was kept constantly employed during the day in obtaining the 

 necessary supply of worms. 



108. GALLINAGO, Leach. 



17. GriiEAT Snipe. G. jvcajor, (Gmeh'n.) 



Scolopax major, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 124. 

 ,, „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 18. 



A rare autumn or winter visitant, arriving in the district usually 

 in September, and shortly afterwards disappearing. 



A specimen was shot at Thornley, county of Durham, Sep- 

 tember, 1830; one, in the jN'ewcastle Museum, was killed at 

 "Witton-le-"Wear, October, 1830; another, in my collection, was 

 picked out of a lot of Common Snipe, in a poulterer's shop in 

 Newcastle, September, 1873. I have also an example shot at 

 Whittingham, JS'orthumberland, September 11th, 1855, and one 

 taken near Bishop Auckland, 1833. Two specimens were killed 

 near The Chcsters, the residence of John Clayton, Esq., one on 

 the 19th of September, 1856, the other a few days afterwards. 

 There are two examples in the collection of Mr. C. M. Adamson, 

 one of which was shot at Elsdon, September 4th, 1839, another 

 at Scotswood, September 18th, 1840. 



Mr. Duncan informs me that he has had two specimens through 

 his hands, one shot at Blenkinsop, the other at Brinkburn, both 

 in September, 1859. 



18. Common Snh'e. G-. scolopacinus, Bonaparte. 



Scolopax gallinago, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 

 128. 

 „ „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 25. 



A common resident, breeding on the marshy moor land of both 

 counties. It was very abundant at Prestwick Car, where I have 

 found three or four nests in a day. 



