Notes on The American Woodcock 



By Ottomar Reinecke, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



The American Woodcock, philoJiela minor, occurs in the 

 vicinity of Buffalo as a fairly common summer resident. It 



From Photo by James Savage- 



arrives from the south in a normal season about the last of 

 March and usually within the week begins nesting. Aside from 

 the barred and great horned owls which are permanent resi- 



