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141 Whim* Br, Zool. II. 347. iv. tab. 70. 



brel. 



T> REEDS in the heath of the highland 



•^ hills, near Invercauld. 



SNIPE. 



* t 



142 Wood* Br. Zool II. 348. iv. tah. 14. 



^'^^f^' 'Er.Coilleach-coil/ef Crom-nan duilkag. 



^TTHESE birds appear in flights on the 

 ^ E. coafts of Scotland., about the end of 

 OUoher., and fometimes fooner •, if fooner it 

 is a certain fign of the Winter being early 

 and fevere •, if later, that the beginning of 

 the Winter will be mild. Woodcocks make 

 a very fhort flay on the E. coafts, owing to 

 their being deftitute of wood \ but fome of 

 them refort to the moors. They continue 

 arriving in fuccefTion for near a month, and 

 in every county in Scotland (where they are 

 found) fly regularly from Eaft to Weft, 



Appear about 'T ay mouthy which is pretty 

 central, in the beginning or middle of No- 

 vember % continue there in plenty 'till the 

 middle or latter end of March., according to 

 the mildnefs or rigor of the feafon, and then 

 difappear at once. They do not reach the 

 coafts of Nelher-Lcrn., the Weft coaft oi Ar- 

 - gykJJoire., 'till December or January. Wood- 

 cocks are very rarely feen in CatbnefSy they 



feem 



