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Famitry SCOLOPACIDAE: “Woopcocks, SNIPES, AND SANDPIPERS. 
227. European Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). 
Range.—Northern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere. Breeds from the Arctic Circle to Great Britain 
Russia, Siberia, and mountains of Europe and Asia, and alsoin the Azores, Canary, and Madeira islands: 
wintersin Great Britain, southern Europe, northern Africa, China, and India; occasionalin eastern North 
America from Newfoundland to Virginia. 
Names.—No vernacular names have been applied to this species in America. In 
England woodcock is the all but universal appellation; in France the species is called 
becasse (this is a specific name for the woodcock; it does not seem especially appro- 
priate, however, since it is derived from roots meaning beak and axe; pickaxe per- 
haps would be a good free rendering; becasse and its diminutives are widely applied 
to shorebirds and in most cases can best be Englished by the word snipe or sand- 
piper); and becasse ordinaire (common becasse); a book name is becasse d’Europe. 
228. American Woodcock (Rubicola minor 2), (Fie. 37.) 
Range.—Eastern North America. Breeds from northeastern North Dakota, southern Manitoba, north- 
ern Michigan, southern Quebec, and Nova Scotia south to southern Kansas, southern Louisiana, and 
northern Florida; winters from southern Missouri, the Ohio Valley, and New Jersey (rarely Massachusetts) 
south to Texas and southern Florida; ranges casually to Saskatchewan, Keewatin (N. W. T.), Colorado, 
Newfoundland, and Bermuda. 
VERNACULAR NAMES, 
In general use.—Woodcock, often shortened to cock. f 
In local use.-—Becasse (See explanation under No. 227) (Que., La.); becasse de nuit 
(night becasse) (La.); becasse des bois (wood becasse) (La.); big snipe (Ila.); blind 
snipe (N. S., Me., N. Y.); bog-bird (Pa.); bog-sucker (N. B., N. J., Pa.); bushschnip 
(corruption of busch-schnepfe, buth, or wood snipe) (Pa.); hill-partridge (Ala.); hook- 
umpake (Md.); little whistler (Mass., Conn.); mountain-partridge (Va.); mud-hen 
(N. H.); mud snipe (N. J., Pa.); night-flit (N. C.); night-partridge (Md., Va.); night- 
peck (N. C.); pewee (Va.); shrups (Pa.); timber-doodle (N. S., Que., Ont., Mich.); 
waldschnepfe (wood snipé) (Mo.); whistler (Mass., Conn.); whistling snipe (N. H.); 
wood snipe (N. Y., N. J., Pa., Va.). : i A : 
Geographic index.—Ala., hill partridge; Conn., little whistler, whistler; Fla., big 
snipe; La., becasse, becasse de nuit, becasse des bois; Me., blind snipe; Md., hookum- 
pake, night-partridge; Mass., little whistler, whistler; Mich., timber-doodle; Mo., 
waldschnepfe; NV. B., bog-sucker; N. H., mud-hen, whistling snipe; N. J., bog-sucker, 
mud snipe, wood snipe; NV. Y., blind snipe, wood snipe; NV. C., night-flit, night-peck; 
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20a Philohela minor. 
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