SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA. 
tVOODCOCK, 
Generic Character* 
Bill ftraight, long, and (lender, the upper mandible ex- 
tending fonmewhat beyond the lower. 
Noftrils linear, placed in a furrow. 
Tongue pointed. 
Toes in fonie fpecies divided to their bafe, in others 
they are conneded nearly as far as the fir ft joint. 
Hind toe fmall. 
Synonyms. 
ScoLOPAx RUSTICOLA. Lift. Syjl. 1, p, 2^^. 6. Ind, 
Orn. 2. 713, 1. 
Woodcock. Br. ZooL 2. 178. tab, 65. Ih.foL iig. 
Lath. Syn, 5. p, 129. 1. Mont. Orn, 
1)151. Vol. 2. Bewick's Br. Birds^ Pt. 2. 
p. 68. 
JL H E Woodcock is about fifteen inches in length, 
twenty-feven in breadth, and weighs from twelve to fixteen 
ounces ; bill three niches long, the upper mandible furrowed 
nearly its whole length, terminating in a fmall knob ; eyes 
large, fituated near the top of the head ; legs fhort; tail 
formed of twelve feathers, the two centre ones rather the 
longeft. The colours of the female are generally duller. 
This 
