Scolopax rufticola, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 243. 6.— Faun» Suec. 170.— Scop. Ann. i.
N° 134.— Brun. N° 164.— Mulleri p. 23.— Kram. El» p. 331 .-—Fri/ch. , 1.
pi. 226. 227.--Georgi Reife, p. 171. _ WOODCOCK.
LaBecalTe, Brif. Orn. v. p. 292. 1.— Buf. Oif» vii. p; 462. pi. 25.— PL
Enl. 885.
Woodcock, Raii Syn. p. 104. A. 1 .— Will. Orn. p. 289. pi. 53.— Borlaf.
Cornvj.p. 245. pi. 24. fig. 12.— Albin, i. pi. 70.—Br» Zool. ii. N° 178.
pi. 65.—-Arft. Zool» p. 470.
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf.
T E N G T H fifteen inches. Bill three inches ; the upper man- D escription.
dible hangs oyer the lower: noftrils placed at the bafe ;
from thence is a furrow the whole length of the bill : forehead
cinereous: from the bill to the eyes a line of black: crown of
the head, and the upper parts of the neck, back, and wing coverts,
mixed and barred with ferruginous, Black, and grey;
crown of the head darkeft: the under eyelid white: the chin pale
alh-colour : fore part of the neck yellowilh, marked with duiky
minute dalhes : the under parts of the body dufky white, barred
with numerous dufky lines : quills dufky, marked on the outer
web with triangular rufous fpots, and the fame on the inner
web clofe to the fhaft: tail rounded, tipped with alh-colour,
and rufous on the outer web : legs pale flelh-colopred brown.
This bird inhabits England during the winter feafon, coming pI4Cb a n »
in with the Redwings: thofe which are with us during that time, M a nne r s .
fuppofed to come frorp Sweden, their appearance and difappear-
ance from thence coinciding: about the beginning of October
they are firft feen, but continue coming till December: do not
come in flights, but fingly, or at moll two together, and chiefly
V ol. III. 5 of