158 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



swift of wing, larger in size, more palatable to the taste. Then 

 will no longer be seen the slow flip flap of the summer bird up 

 through the leafy glades, but the swift whirr of the Timber Doodle 

 from the side hill and mellow ground. A keener eye, a quicker 

 hand will then be needed behind the true and tried Scott or 

 Remington. 



Certainly cock-shooting is fine sport where the birds abound, 

 and as it possesses peculiar charms for some sportsmen, and as 

 they are held, by epicures and the sporting fraternity in general, 

 at the head of the list of our game birds, it is well worth the 

 while of American sportsmen to see that they are not entirely 

 exterminated. 



Sportsmen never will agree as to whether woodcock should 

 be shot in July or August. While all admit that far more skill 

 is required to shoot them either in August or September, yet 

 very many argue, and will continue to argue, that if by law they 

 are prohibited from killing the birds in July, they wholly lose 

 their opportunity, inasmuch as in August they disappear. 

 Sportsmen in adjacent States should endeavor to secure uniform 

 legislation. For example. The law should not be off in New 

 Jersey on the Fourth of July, and not off in New York until the 

 first of August, as is now the case. 



