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com:\ion woodcock. 
hinder toe is rounded at its tip, and does not project 
beyond the toe itself. Another singular character 
relating to these birds, and also to those of the fol- 
lowing genus, consists in the head being compressed, 
and having its eyes, which are very large, placed very 
backward therein ; this gives them a very stupid ap- 
pearance. 
There are but two species known, which frequent 
woody places : the account of the common Wood- 
cock is indicative of their manners. 
COMMON WOODCOCK. 
(Scolopax rusticola.) 
Sc.castaneo nigro griseoque varia, subtus rujesccns Jasciolis nigris, 
fascia capitis nigra. 
Woodcock vai'ied with chesnut black and grey, beneath reddish 
with black fasciolae, the head with a black fascia. 
Scolopax rusticola. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1 1. 243. Ginel. Syst. Nut. I. 
p. 666. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 713. Atk.comp. 141. 
Scolopax. Raii, Syn. 104. A. Will. Orn. 213. pi. 53. Briss. 
Orn. 5. 292. 1. 
La Becasse. Buff. Ois. 1. 462. pi. 25. Buff. PI. Enl. 885. 
Becasse ordinaire. Temm. man. d'Orn. 436. Id. 2. Edit. ii. 673. 
Woodcock. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 178. pi. 65. Penn. Art. Zool. 
% 470. A. Alb. Br. Birds, 1. 70. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 
129. 1. Letjo. Br. Birds, 4. pi. 156. IValc. Syn. 2. pi. 136. 
Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. Maui. Orn. Did. Sup. Betv. Br. Birds, 
2. 60. 
This elegant and well-known bird is about thirteen 
inches in length : the crown of the head is ash- 
