Phil oho la minor . 
Breezy point, Warren, N.H. Queer Behavior and Botes. 
1S94. After tea Faxon and I walked down the valley again. As 
June 28. we approached the sugar maple grove we heard two or more Wood- 
cock making the wheezy sound (a lisping tse- e-e-e ) noted last 
evening. They seemed to Be just over the fence under the trees, 
As v;e were standing still listening a Woodcock, evidently an 
old Bird, rose from the spot whence the sound came and crossed 
the road and a Bit of open field to the lower grove flying 
very slowly and feebly with dangling legs (a very Rail-like 
flight) quacking much like a drake Black Duck But less loudly 
( quar-quar-quar-quar-quar-quar ) six or eight times. Her wings 
made no sound during this flight but when we followed and put 
her up again she went off like a Bullet with legs drawn up w 
whistling shrilly - a normal flight in every way. 
Immediately after her first flight another Woodcock which 
we did not see rose and whistled off. The wheezy sound was 
heard for a minute or two after this But it soon ceased. We 
did not see any other Birds out we assumed that the pair which 
flew were adults and that their young were making the wheezing 
sound. It was very like the call of a young Partridge. I do 
not think that the Birds could have Been aware of our presence 
when we first heard them for we ’were concealed By a Belt of 
shrubbery and ferns and a rail fence and we approached the 
spot quietly. 
