1872. 
Juno 5. 
GO 
Philohela minor. 
Maino (Lake Ilmbagog ). 
Among tho t,:iickljr grov/-ing young firs and sprueos 
behind tho mill I started a fonalo v,rith a brood oT four 
young. Which were so well grown that they looked scarce 
ly smaller thari the old bird and flov/' equally well. 
The ice is said to have gone out of the T^ake only three 
v/eeks before this date. 
1873. 
2. |; At the lower settlement on the T'egalloway I was 
told that- this species had lately appeared and v/as get¬ 
ting abundant. 
i! muddy bank of Cambridge River abojit tvro miles 
above the dam, I came upon a Vfoodcock v/'hieiL ’vas fetiding 
; on the edge of the water. Still further up I found 
the mud, both on tho bank and among tho alders bored in 
many places by these birds. ’ 
1 
^ Again to-day, found nimierous borings along the 
heavily timbered banks of Cambridge River above the dam. 
Sept. 14. Five more started among the dense yo'i.ng firs and 
spruces behind the mill. 
1874 
Sept. 10.. 
1876. 
June 2. 
Started five from a spring-hole behind the house. 
Boat all the coverson Upton Hill without starting 
a bird. The season is very wet, and it is probably 
that tfhoy have taken ■*'o the forest. 
Smarted five and killed four in the cover by the 
Lake on the Sargent Farm. Only one or tv/o whistled 
the others^ rising with a heavy flutter.'and going off’si¬ 
lently. They were nearly through tho moult however. 
Early in ■ the evening heard one calling in tho 
i! birches on the edge of Abbott’s pasture. Upon comnaring 
li his cry with that o .P the Nighthawks circling over head at 
|l the time I found it to be vs ry similar but less loud and 
ii more vibrating. The Woodcock finally rose whistling 
- sharply and ascended in an easy spiral to the height of 
hundred feet, then sang exactly as noted in 
April 1874, but more feebly. He afterwards uttered b^s 
: cry for a long time but did not rise ar.^ain. 
