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were on view in the International Exhibition of 

 1862, mention is made of a photograph of one (too 

 much injured to admit of preservation), which was 

 shot at an open spring near St John's, Newfound- 

 land, on January 9, 1862, afterlong continued easterly 

 winds. It was stated in a notice affixed to the 

 frame that, although the ground had been covered 

 with snow for many weeks, the bird was in good 

 condition and weighed i2;| oz., or a trifle more than 

 the average weight of British killed examples. 



In a " Catalogue of Birds observed on New 

 York, Long and Staten Islands and the adjacent 

 parts of New Jersey," published in The Annals of 

 the Lyceum, of Natural History of New York (vol. 

 viii., April, 1866), by the late Mr G. N. Lawrence, 

 a well-known American ornithologist, that writer 

 makes the following observation on the European 

 Woodcock : — 



" I have had an example of this species for some 

 years, which was sent me by Mr William Galbraith, 

 accompanied with this note dated December 6, 1859. 

 ' A poultry dealer in Washington Market informed 

 me that he had seen in the market a strange bird, 

 which in his opinion was an overgrown Woodcock. 

 I went to see it, and found it to be a true European 

 Woodcock. It was badly shot, part of the bill and 

 skull being carried away, but fresh and otherwise 

 in good order. The person I got it from said that 

 he bought it with a lot of quail on board the 

 Shrewsbury boat.' Doubtless" (writes Mr 



Lawrence), "it was killed near Shrewsbury, New 

 Jersey, and apparently with coarse shot. It was. 



