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woodcocks. They are found in the inland as well as 

 ' maritimcpartsof our country ; in the latter they feed 



on crabs and f}:ielfirn. They breed in Sueden, and 

 build in trees, commonly in alders ; and lay four 

 eggs *. Belon, Gefner and AUrovand^ agree that this 

 is a bird of paffage in their refpedive countries : that 

 it reforts in the breeding feafon to high mountains, 

 and defcends into the plains on the approach of winter. 

 It breeds though in the fouthern parts oiGennany, on 

 the banks of the Danube -f. 

 Defer, The. weight of this fpecies is twenty-two ounces : 

 the length twenty-two inches ; the breadth twenty- 

 three. The head, underfide of the neck, and wings 

 are black gloiled over with a Hne blue : the J^reafb 

 belly, back, and upper part of the neck, are of a pale 

 afh color : the irides hazel : the legs black, a.nd weaker 

 than thofe of the rook. The bottom of the toes are 

 very broad and flat to enable them to walk without 

 finking on marfhy and muddy grounds, where they 

 are converfant. We do not know that they breed in 

 any of the Britijh idcs, except Shetland j being the 

 cnly fort of crow found thsre. 



=* Faun. auec. /p. 88. 

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