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SCOLGPACIM. 
this I should suppose that the Woodcock is about the first 
bird to hatch in this country. * * Since the increase of 
fir plantations, great numbers remain to breed in the 
woods of Altyre and Darnaway (as well as in all the 
other extensive plantations of the country); during the 
whole summer 1 see the Woodcocks flying to and fro 
every evening in considerable numbers. The Woodcock 
breeds a second time in July or August/' 
