a low call addressed to his mate but we did not see the other 
bird at all. She (if it was a female) peeped a good deal this 
evening but at no time very regularly. She seemed to us to 
be in a grassy opening about 50 yards from where the male 
peeped. I have never heard the grating call before. It lasted 
perhaps three or four seconds on each occasion. 
Awaking in the middle of the night (at about 2 A. M., 
I should say by guess) I heard the Woodcock peep three or 
four times in the pasture across the road. 
