296 RECREATIONS OF A NATURALIST 



Suffolk, having the back and wings thickly 

 sprinkled with white feathers, as were also the 

 sides of the neck and the under parts generally." 



Mr Stevenson likewise reported [Zoologist, 1873, 

 p. 3712) that in April 1873 a pure white Woodcock 

 was seen at Gorton. A Woodcock with white wings 

 was shot some years ago near Edenhall, where it is 

 still preserved [Birds of Cumberland, p. 145) ; and 

 a piebald one was obtained at Lowestoft Manor in 

 1859 [Birds of Suffolk, p. 146). 



On January i, 1874, a pure white Woodcock was 

 shot near Tallow, Co. Waterford, and was sent to 

 Dublin for preservation by Mr Williams, of Dame 

 Street. 



Messrs D' Urban and Mathew vn. \}ii€\r Birds of 

 Devon (p. 319) state that white and cream-coloured 

 varieties have been obtained in that county, and 

 are not very rare. Montagu had a cream-coloured 

 specimen presented to him by Mr Bulteel, of Flete ; 

 another was purchased in the Exeter Market by 

 Mr Comyns, who had also a white variety shot by 

 the Hon. Newton Fellowes at Exmouth. One 

 with white feathers in the wings was shot on the 

 manor of Monkleigh, near Tiverton, having fre- 

 quented the same spot for four years. A similar 

 specimen occurred in North Devon in October 1889. 

 Mr T. Clode shot a buff-coloured Woodcock at 

 Waitchcombe, near Honiton, which was preserved 

 by Mr Anning, bird-stuffer, Honiton, for Mr W. 

 Baines, who was at the time residing at Shute 

 Park. A buff-coloured one, with white wings, 

 occurred in North Devon, and a white one was shot 



