.348 WOODCOCK. Clafs II. 



the back are white : the coverts of the tail, and the 

 tail itfelf, are of a very pale whitifh brown, crofTed 

 with black bars. The legs and feet are of a dull 

 green, and formed like thole of the curlew. 



Genus III. WOODCOCKS. 



I. The WOODCOCK. 



La BeccafTe, Belon a<v. 2J2. Wald fchnepf. Kram. q$r. 



Rufticola, feu Perdix ruftica ma- Scolopax rullicola. Lin. Jyft. 



jor (Groffer fchnepff.) Ge/ner 243. 



wv. 501. Mofkulla. Faun. Suec.fp, 170.. 



Mdr. a-v. iii. 182. Norvegzs Blom - Rokke, Rutte, 



Wil. orn. 289. i]uib,'fdam Krog-quilL Danis 



Raiifyn,a<v. 104. Holt Sneppe. Brunnicb 16^.. 



La BeccafTe. Bri]]hna<v. v. 292. Br. Zoo/. 119. 

 IBeccaccia, Acceggia. Zinan. ,101. 



THESE birds during fummer are inhabitants of 

 the Alps *, of Norway, Sweden -j-, and the nor- 

 thern parts of Europe: they all. retire from thofe 

 countries the beginning of winter, as foon as the frofts 

 commence-, which force them into milder climates, 

 where the ground is open, and adapted to their mari- 

 ner of feeding. They live on worms, which they 

 iearch for with their long bills in foft ground and moift 

 woods. Woodcocks generally arrive here in flocks, 

 taking advantage of the night, or a mill : they foon 

 feparate; but before they return to their native 



* YVil. orn. 290. 



•£ M. de Geers acd Dr. Walltrm$\ letters to mvfelf. 



haunts, 



