MICHIGAN ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 11 
My friend climbed through the brush and ascended the hill just in time 
to see the female leave her nest to feed, it being about time for her morning 
meal. In springing from her nest she caused the eggs to roll about rather 
vigorously for a few seconds. This I refer to as pair number two. 
On April 24th, within a stone’s throw of the nest found April 15th, I 
came across the remnants of four eggs just hatched. This nest was among 
fallen brush in a fence corner. 
April 27th was preceded by a tremendous rainfall, and the Woodcock 
were working overtime feasting on angle worms. It was nearly 10 A. M. 
when we arrived on the preserves. From the appearance of a nest which 

Woodcock (Philohela minor) on Nest 
FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT HEGNER 
I located half an hour later. I estimated the eggs had been deposited about 
twenty-three days previously, and as the Woodcock hatches a brood in 
twenty-one days, what I got (or, rather, what I missed) can readily be 
guessed. One hundred and fifty yards farther through the timber | flushed 
a bird between two wagon tracks and found three fresh eggs. Thinking she 
was about to lay a fourth I withdrew from the spot for several hours, but 
she did not come back. 
April 5th, 1903, was a cold day, and the snow still lay in shady places 
about the woods. We were on the breeding ground of pair number two, and 
no less than a dozen Woodcock were seen, but they did not appear mated. 
Some were flushed after we had tracked them through the snow for 
