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NOTES ON THE AMERICAN WOODCOCK 



nest. The eggs are still to be seen in my collection and have 

 well preserved their delicate color. 



While snipe shooting April 9th, 1901 my son, Edward 

 Reinecke, found a woodcock's nest with the female bird on her 

 eggs. Having heard of their very close setting, he crept tip 

 cautiously and with a short slender twig, raised the bird's bill 

 up and down until finally she flew from her nest which con- 

 tained three beautiful eggs. The thought occurred to him that 



From Photo by James Savage 



this was a chance to secure a picture. Three days later he 

 again visited the place accompanied by Mr. William Wild, the 

 artist, whose painting of Ruffed Grouse, exhibited last year at 

 the Albright Art Gallery, attracted much attention. They 

 found the female again on the nest. Mr. Wild approached her 

 as closely as possible and resting one knee on the ground made 

 a sketch of the bird as shown in our cut. While working at 

 this, some involuntary movement occasioned by his strained 

 position, frightened the bird from her nest, in which to their 

 surprise five eggs were displayed of which a sketch was made 

 which is here reproduced. I had never before heard of so large 



