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at me. Fortunately a photographer was within hailing distance and, elated 
at the opportunity, he made an excellent series of photographs of the bird, 
nest and four eggs. 
Meanwhile I was keeping a sharp watch on pair number one, and had 
called upon them at least five times, which was equivalent to twenty-five 
miles of walking with an additional one hundred miles by rail. In each 
instance I located both birds, and felt confident before withdrawing from 
the spot that nesting had not yet begun. Finally on May 6, [I found a set 
of four perfectly fresh eggs in a clump of willows only a few rods from 
the two previous nesting sites of the same pair. I supposed the season had 

Woodcock (Philohela minor) on Nest 
FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT HEGNER 
terminated with this find, but on May 15 one of my acquaintances, while 
plowing his corn stubble, overturned a Woodcock, eggs and all, and failed 
to notice her until she fluttered out from under the sod as the next furrow 
was turned! 
The temperature during April, 1904, was below normal, but the air was 
clear and bracing. Under such conditions the bird student requires no other 
inspiration than that afforded by the stimulating atmosphere. Many days 
were spent seeking the evasive Woodcock, until at twilight May ist, I turned 
homeward feeling that I had enough for the season. Ten nests in all 
were found between April 10th and May 1st, besides several broods of 
young, with an average tramp of twenty-five miles for every nest. There 
