1891.
Nov. 6
(No. 2)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Concord, Action & Carlisle.  presence of the shadow.
Its position was much like that of a bird
on the nest head and tail slightly raised, the
point of the bill lowered and resting among
the leaves [drawing]. The larger, dark eye was wide
open. I watched it closely for fully two minutes
but could detect no motion of the lid. There was
no apparent throbbing or pulsating movement of 
the feathers of the back as with a sitting bird
At length I made another step forward and
the Woodcock rose with startling suddenness.
As it went off it crossed a small opening and
I killed it.
[margin]Woodcock shooting[/margin]
  I next tried the pitch pines near Wadleigh's run
and for the first time this season found nothing
although I left a Woodcock there yesterday.
In the extreme lower end of the run itself,
however, Don found and pointed a Woodcock
on the side of a sloping bank covered sparsely
with birches. The bird rose under foot as I stepped
in ahead of the dog but as it went off twisted 
so suddenly and erratically that although I had
an almost perfectly open shot I made a clean
miss. The Woodcock flew out of sight up the
run and I did not find it again. As I
was beating up the run in search of it Don
came to a point on a Partridge. The bird,
a fine large cock, rose within a few yards
of me but doubled around behind a leafy
oak giving me an awkward shot which
I missed. At the head of the run, however,