Phil oho la minor . 
Breezy Point, Warren , H.H. Peculiar note and 
f 1 ight . 
1894, On the edge of the maple grove we (W. Faxon and I ) started 
June 27. two Woodcock from the side of the road where the mud was cov- 
ered with their "borings". When we returned a little later 
we heard something making a prolonged wheezy sound very like 
that of young Partridges. Faxon went in among the ferns and 
flushed a Woodcock, apparently an old bird. A few minutes 
afterward two Woodcock shot overhead and out into a great , 
open meadow where they circled at a height of 30 or 40 ft. 
appearing and disappearing in the mist, one following the 
other closely. I have never seen Woodcock fly in this way 
before . 
J2 
