| 单词 | woodcock |
| 例句 | We traverse fields and forests, walk through barren lands where quails and woodcocks fly up at our feet, and, after twelve miles of bushwhacking, enter the Plattekill State Forest. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Two significant discoveries have now been made about the woodcock. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The consequences of the sublethal poisoning of the woodcock are now seen in a marked decline in the proportion of young birds to adults, first observed in the season after fire ant treatments began. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Among them is the woodcock, a species that winters in southern areas recently heavily sprayed with heptachlor. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I could get a pheasant, or a woodcock.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z With one swing he tossed a brace of woodcock in the corner. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do not believe his vows! They are traps to catch a woodcock!” he fairly shouted at me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Anything that would make me appear more like a Londoner and less like a green country woodcock, I was more than willing to adopt. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The first of the dishes presented was woodcock encased in sauce, and my mother-in-law — a devoted bird-watcher and member of the Audubon Society — lost her appetite. Back to Provence 2011-06-17T18:55:00Z I was also struck by the range of food – he talks about eating tripe and woodcock. “We’ve become a food culture” 2012-11-19T12:45:00Z In the spring and the fall, the American woodcock often makes an appearance. Seven Underappreciated Birding Spots in New York 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z A bird conservation charity said it had been locked out of its Twitter account for eight days after posting several tweets about woodcock. Bird charity locked out of Twitter during Big Garden Birdwatch 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z In the clear light of day, the Eurasian woodcock doesn’t stand out. This demure bird has the brightest feathers ever measured 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z “The thing that scares me is the Great-horned might eat the woodcock” he says. Extreme Birding Competition Is a Cutthroat Test of Skill, Strategy and Endurance 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z In September, 18 woodcock were captured and outfitted with GPS units in three areas in Vermont, the department said. Vermont participates in woodcock research 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z The woodcock, also known as the timberdoodle, can be spotted on the ground beneath shrubbery, doing a groovy little dance. Seven Underappreciated Birding Spots in New York 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z "We thought it might have happened because of our repeated use of the word 'woodcock' for our species survey, which might have been misinterpreted by Twitter's algorithms," he added. Bird charity locked out of Twitter during Big Garden Birdwatch 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z They concluded the woodcock gets its brilliance from the microscopic structure of tiny barbs arranged in parallel like window blinds, increasing the feathers’ reflective surface area. This demure bird has the brightest feathers ever measured 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Louisiana winters the most woodcock of any southern state, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Couple who admitted leading illegal hunts get probation 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z “This is a very important step to better understand woodcock in Vermont,” he said. Vermont participates in woodcock research 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z We startle a chunky little woodcock that's sheltering in the long grass and it twitters its indignation shrilly. The seaweed-eating sheep that belch in a good way 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Wildlife officials say burns in pine-oak barrens, woodlands, and heaths improve habitat for ruffed grouse, wild turkey, American woodcock, white-tailed deer and rare and declining species such as whip-poor-will, northern harrier, and eastern meadowlark. Wildlife officials set record number of controlled burns 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z They root up the ground in search of food and are efficient predators, preying on fawns, grouse, woodcock, turkeys and songbirds. DNR encourages deer hunters to look for feral pigs 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Americans also hunt and eat quail, dove, grouse, woodcock, pheasant and many varieties of ducks. Opinion | Calling fowl on this distinction between birds 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z The proposed seasons, hunting hours, and bag limits are similar to last year except for increasing the September goose bag limit to 15 birds and adding five days to the woodcock season. Public hearing set for migratory game bird hunting rules 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Reports of woodcock sightings from around the city started piling in after the snowstorm, according to people who track the bird populations in the city. An Early Bird Gets Caught in the Snowstorm 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z He says the multi-agency effort that includes conservation groups will also give a boost to the American woodcock, the whip-poor-will and other bird species. Indiana DNR to oversee program to plant 3K acres of forests 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Projects are expected to help native brook trout; woodcock; cottontail; and warblers. Nearly $1M in funding to help protect fish, wildlife habitat 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z There are dozens of Scolopacidae species spanning the globe, and while close to two dozen have "sandpiper" in their names, many more don't: godwits, woodcocks, stints, knots, yellowlegs, etc. In honor of Pixar's adorable "Piper," here's The Verge's review of sandpipers 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z The woodcock bag limit will remain at three birds. Public hearing set for migratory game bird hunting rules 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z “It’s an amazing bird,” said Ms. Elbin, noting that a birder who went to Central Park on Thursday said he saw or heard 50 woodcocks who were alive and, he hoped, well. An Early Bird Gets Caught in the Snowstorm 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The Mighty Merlins knew from their reconnaissance that woodcocks started vocalizing about 4:30 a.m. Bird-watching as endurance sport: Welcome to the World Series of Birding 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z A responding officer found a woodcock with an injured beak and took it to City Wildlife for rehabilitation. D.C. Animal Watch 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z An officer confined an injured woodcock that flew into a window. D.C. Animal Watch 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Migratory game birds are doves, ducks, geese, snipe, rail, coots and woodcock. Registration for harvest information program opens Aug. 1 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z These early seasons include resident Canada geese, early teal, snipe, woodcock, dove and rails. State officials announce migratory bird seasons 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Surely the local product would be fresher – but wait, I forgot that woodcock is best eaten when the dead bird is hung until the carcass falls from the legs. Not so hungry for game 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Plovers were generously smothered in lard, as were rabbits, woodcock, curlew, pheasants and partridge. Christmas menus: turtles to turkeys 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Order the woodcock, which, since it is November and woodcock season, they very well might have on the menu. The Only Reasonable Response to Thanksgiving in Europe: Ditch It 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Evidence of woodcock feeding — holes poked by their beaks — was everywhere in the exposed soil. Tracking American Woodcocks in central Minnesota 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z The early migratory game bird hunting seasons include resident Canada geese, early teal, snipe, woodcock, dove, and rails. Wildlife agency sets waterfowl hunting dates 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The tours will include visiting a deer habitat, an active timber harvesting operation, a quick stop at the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge visitor center and a woodcock habitat enhancement area. Land owner inviting people to ‘walk in the woods’ 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z There was a woodcock with a head injury, and a Coturnix quail that might have escaped while being delivered to a Japanese restaurant to become a dinner special. City Room: After Spotting a Chicken in Central Park, an Odyssey Begins 2013-12-10T19:34:04Z As New York's forests grow older, these preferred habitats are declining, resulting in a decline in grouse and woodcock numbers since the 1960s. Ruffed Grouse Drumming Survey 2012-11-20T17:45:04.690Z Still, 9 grams is a hefty load for a small woodcock, and researchers limit their subjects to the largest birds, females of 200 grams or more. Tracking American Woodcocks in central Minnesota 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z The daily bag limit is three woodcock with a possession limit of nine birds. Wildlife agency sets waterfowl hunting dates 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z As soon as the police spies guaranteed the harmlessness of the yacht the governor was hospitable and invited the members of the party to shoot the red-legged partridges and woodcock upon the Rhodian uplands. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Sir," replied the landlord, "the six lackeys shall be found and equipped in less time than would roast a woodcock. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z Grouse and woodcock share many of the same habitats, so the information you provide will help monitor populations of both of these great game birds as habitats change both locally and on a landscape scale. Ruffed Grouse Drumming Survey 2012-11-20T17:45:04.690Z But Cooper said it’s possible similar places exist for woodcock that no one knows about. Tracking American Woodcocks in central Minnesota 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z All these accessories are admirable in themselves, and contribute to make the woodcock better. Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:31.930Z From quill feathers of woodcock’s wings taken from opposite sides. Old Flies in New Dresses How to Dress Dry Flies with the Wings in the Natural Position and Some New Wet Flies 2012-04-02T02:00:23.697Z If the partridge had the woodcock's thigh, It would be the best bird that ever did fly. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z The American woodcock; Ð so called from its feeding among the bogs. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z With a long beak and toes, the American woodcock looks similar to a shorebird. Tracking American Woodcocks in central Minnesota 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z A stroll to the trees and bushes further inland would possibly reward us with a few woodcock, rice-birds or ortolan, and other delicious game peculiar to China. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z The woodcock’s feathers have a somewhat shiny appearance; and as they are also the nearest in colour to the general colour of the Alder’s wings, I think they are the very best feathers to use. Old Flies in New Dresses How to Dress Dry Flies with the Wings in the Natural Position and Some New Wet Flies 2012-04-02T02:00:23.697Z The animals are few, comprising a land tortoise, the armadillo, a species of boa, several poisonous snakes and some woodcock. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Shall thy cook, this day, roast certain birds of the air, call'd woodcocks, and ribs of the oxen likewise? Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen 2012-03-08T03:00:09.310Z They alighted in the way that only woodcocks do, with a high-pitched fluttering from their wings, off into the night. Tracking American Woodcocks in central Minnesota 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z I never understand why a woodcock should be productive of such wild excitement and reckless shooting as it generally is! Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z A black lace in hopeless mood hires herself out with a game merchant, for nets to catch snipe and woodcock. Lace, Its Origin and History 2012-02-26T03:00:15.360Z We observed no quadrupeds; but, of the feathered tribe, we found woodpeckers, kingfishers, and woodcocks, and in the sheltered nooks several humming-birds were darting about the flowery underwood of berberis, fuchsia, and arbutus. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z I like a bit of fighting—hav'n't had a morsel a long time—don't know when I've smelt gunpowder—but to bring down a woodcock. Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen 2012-03-08T03:00:09.310Z Of small game, hares, jungle fowl, peacocks, partridges, snipe, woodcock, wild ducks and geese, and green pigeons are numerous in the tarai, and jungle fowl and pheasants in the hills. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Forests surrounded the verdant meadows about the house, in which woodcocks were numerous. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Salmi, Salmis, sal′mi, n. a ragout of roasted woodcocks, &c., stewed with wine, morsels of bread, &c. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Geese, wild ducks and teal, snipe, and now and then woodcocks, were to be found by taking a short walk; there were, however, no quadrupeds fit for food which we could take. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Besides minor varieties the girl sometimes wore another costume of grey-green cloth and a felt hat to match, with a woodcock's tip in it. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z I shall direct my attention to-day to shooting a woodcock if one turns up, and robbing him of his feather. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z This fine large bird is called here, and in general, woodcock. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z There being neither rafts nor pilots, nowadays, there is no business for the Port, except what few dollars may be picked up from the hunters who frequent this place each fall, searching for woodcock. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z A large kind of snipe, by some called a woodcock, and quails, of a large and, I think, peculiar species, were often seen and shot. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Both were ardent sportsmen after quails, woodcock, etc., but their love of coursing was extreme. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z As we swept up and down the dangerous river, with pitch-pine blazing and cracking and the black shadows jumping about us, two woodcock sprang up from the shore and whirled madly around the pirogue. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z The presence of Woodcock can always be determined by the holes which they make in the earth in search of worms; these are known as woodcock borings. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z “I will gladly eat with you,” said he, “and eat you, and all the others turn about, for you are titbits for a king, more delicious than ortolans or thrushes or woodcocks.” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z While looking around at the view, and preparing the theodolite, a woodcock started up from the long grass and walked away so leisurely, that Mr. Tarn nearly succeeded in striking it with a stick. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z After the ground freezes hard in the northern United States and Canada, the woodcock is compelled to go south to Virginia. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Last year, at Christmas time, I found a woodcock there quite at home, within a stone's throw of two or three houses and with snow lying deep all around him. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z Almost as bulky as a woodcock, it is of a much more slender build, and its long legs and neck give it a graceful appearance, which is enhanced by the activity of its actions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z In winter, we have shot them when beating the sallows and cane-brakes for woodcock. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The wedge continued its course unshaken, but, as if lifted by the bang, the first woodcock of the beat got up in front of me, and swung away into the rhododendrons. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Sportsmen pursue both the woodcock and Wilson's snipe relentlessly, but happily they are no easy targets. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The woodcock genius, whose story is recorded here, is a case in point. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z I will not speak of the snares and other instruments with which the woodcock, woodpecker, and other wild birds are caught, lest I pursue unseasonably and too minutely single instances. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The latest woodcocks shot in Andalucia are about the middle of March. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z That is to say, with my hat over my eyes, and my cheek laid against the bay's neck, I followed my wife up an alley that was barely wide enough for a woodcock. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z A little boy once asked me this conundrum of his own making: "What is the difference between Martin Luther and a woodcock?" Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z As we rounded the end of the fallen stub the woodcock's confidence deserted her at sight of the stranger, and she slipped away noiselessly into the leafy shadows. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z It's easier to find a cat with horns or a white woodcock, than a faithful woman. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z The woodcock—the king of game birds—is bagged with No. 10 shot, but the sport of taking it is quite as great as the shooting of fowl ten times its size. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z I will return to my master with the good news of your safety; but once again be secret; or disclose it to none but friends.—So, there's one woodcock more in the springe.—— Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z Whenever you see little groups of clean-cut holes dotted over the earth in low, wet ground, you may know that either the woodcock or Wilson's snipe has been there probing for worms. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z In the midst of it I made out the woodcock fluttering away, clucking, and trailing now a wing and now a leg, as if desperately hurt. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z First day reindeer, the second par force, the third woodcock.' Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z Wild geese and ducks, grouse, partridges, snipe, woodcock, quails, widgeons and teal are plentiful all over the country, and in recent years preserves have been largely stocked with pheasants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z It appearing that neither Miss Anney nor the two sisters had ever seen woodcocks except upon a platter, the old servant upon Krzycki's order brought the four lifeless victims. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z We could not recognize them, for they were very shadows, vague as frost-driven woodcock speeding at dusk to a sheltered swamp. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z This is the more remarkable in view of the fact that the woodcock, like most other birds, has certain favored spots to which he returns, to nest or feed or sleep, year after year. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z In this act “game” includes woodcock, snipe and rabbits, and the eggs of game birds other than bustards; and the act applies to poaching either by night or by day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z As a woodcock, otherwise loud, being taken, becomes dumb; so slavery renders some men speechless, who, if they were free, would tell their minds freely. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z "The wind will carry off such a woodcock, especially since it is commencing to blow." Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Redpad in his lair was awakened by a frightened woodcock which dropped down just in front of him. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z For years I questioned gunners closely, and found two who said that they had killed woodcock whose legs had at one time been broken and had healed again. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z He is also criminally liable for game trespass if he has entered on the land to search for or in pursuit of “game” or woodcock, snipe, quail, landrails or rabbits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The clergyman was treated in a similar manner; and being known to have a penchant for snipes and woodcocks, his table was well supplied in the season. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z But after a time two woodcocks snorted above their heads, one following the other, at which Gronski could not shoot, but Ladislaus winged both cleanly. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z The caverns of shadow around began to resolve themselves into cool green arcades, and the woodcock croaked during their aerial rompings overhead. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z I examined hundreds of woodcock in the markets in different localities, and found one whose leg had at one time been broken by a shot and then had healed perfectly. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z Here paints the woodcock quiv'ring in the air, And there, the bounding stag and quaking hare. The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; 2011-08-14T02:00:22.973Z A thousand woodcocks might have thrown them over their heads and hidden easily had it been their time of year. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z For a time intense silence prevailed; after which a strange voice resounded again above their heads and another woodcock appeared. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z It was not until the woodcock began to mate that the White Rabbit found out that she was lonely. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z For it is better to call a thing a blind snipe, and know better, than to raise a family row and be hit on the head with a stone for calling it a woodcock. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z Some broke out in laughter, and with them Skshetuski, for his head buzzed a trifle now; but Zagloba babbled on just like a woodcock, charmed with his own voice. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z I can fetch down a woodcock or a snipe, and why not a hat and cockade? The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z Do you remember our conversation in Jastrzeb when we went hunting for woodcock? Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z It's easier to find a cat with horns or a white woodcock than a faithful woman. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z When the boy took me to see his queer find I called it a woodcock and began to tell about it eagerly, but was stopped short and called a liar for my pains. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z As well as woodcock and snipe, we took larks by thousands. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z A woodcock may occasionally be flushed from such a ditch in winter. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The oak leaves trembled in the breeze, Slowly rolled the Tunxis River, And high above the leafy trees, Flew the woodcock ever circling. Legend of Barkhamsted Light House A Tale from the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut 2011-08-03T02:00:11.913Z The early grain fields have already caught the color of the sun, and the tasseling corn rustles its broad leaves above the rich loam that the woodcock delights to bore. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The point is well covered with houses now, but formerly it was good woodcock ground, and the little spring always welcomed a few of the birds with the welcome that only a spring can give. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z It was a bright morning in the last week of October, and game—hares, pheasants, and woodcock—was exceedingly plentiful. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z A singular species of optical delusion often takes place in the case of a man shooting at a woodcock in a thick cover. Maxims and Hints on Angling, Chess, Shooting, and Other Matters also, Miseries of Fishing 2011-07-24T02:00:08.580Z Still the woodcock's busy tapping, Tapping on the mighty oak trees, O'er the pine-trees screaming, Circling high above the mountain. Legend of Barkhamsted Light House A Tale from the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut 2011-08-03T02:00:11.913Z So let the woodcock go, to offer his best to more fortunate sportsmen. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The young woodcock begin to use their tiny wings within a few days of leaving the eggs, earlier even than young quail, and fly in a remarkably short time. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z I have already said that we took snipe and woodcock by means of "gins" and "springes," and one morning on going to examine a snare, we discovered a large buzzard near one which was "struck." The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z We now also had plenty of opportunity for shooting, but were but ill supplied with fowling-pieces, or we might have killed an abundance of woodcocks, every thicket in the neighbourhood being filled with them. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z Then came twelve deer, also roasted whole, and stuffed with a variety of game: hares, woodcocks, partridges, hazel-hens, etc.; these were for the twelve months of the year. The Journal of Countess Fran?oise Krasinska Great Grandmother of Victor Emmanuel 2011-07-10T02:00:25.767Z The woodcock skulks in the bordering alders, and when forced to flight does so with a stronger wing than when a month ago his taking off was first legally authorized. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z He was gunning one day with a friend, when they shot a woodcock, which on being brought in by the dog was found to have a lump of hard clay on one of its legs. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z A woodcock had been taken in one of our snares, which, while fluttering, had been seen and attacked by the buzzard. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z There are some woodcocks also in the season, but they are rather scarce. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z Some woodcock flew up as we reached the low ground; but as we had a cabin in view, and the day was far gone, we moved on toward our principal object. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The wet seasons that drown the callow woodcock and grouse work no harm to the ravenous brood of the hawk and owl, nor to the litter of fox, mink, or weasel. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The borings we found in plenty wherever the earth was soft,—numerous holes, as if made with a pencil, where the woodcock had probed the earth with her long bill. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z When my old tutor saw that I was already skilled in the use of "gins" and "springes," and sometimes brought in a snipe or woodcock, his old eyes glistened as he looked upon the marsh-birds. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z After rambling half the world over without harm, he is caught, like a travelled woodcock, at his landing. The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z Ponder well on this Bourdeaux; ruminate on those woodcocks we have been discussing. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Neither is he the friend of the sportsman, for he makes havoc among the young grouse and quail and the callow woodcock. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The little woodcocks, though scarcely bigger than bumblebees, run about hardily, like young partridges, the moment they chip the shell, and begin at once to learn from the mother where to look for food. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z Sometimes a dozen brace of birds were picked up in a morning; and, on the lower grounds, an occasional partridge, woodcock, or snipe. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z These military visitants are commonly more intent on woodcocks than the picturesque, and game does not particularly enrich these regions. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z How difficult it is to see a partridge, snipe, woodcock, certain plovers, larks, and nightjars when crouched on the ground. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Who has not known a little alder swamp, in which he was sure to find a dozen woodcock, when he visited it on the first day of the season each year? In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Once my old dog Don started a woodcock and remained stanchly pointing at the spot where he had been. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z When beaten in the air it will try to get back to covert again, but when once a hawk has outflown a woodcock, he is pretty sure to kill it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z There is tolerable fishing and shooting around Quebec; trout in abundance, salmon within five-and-twenty miles, snipe and woodcock, hare and partridge. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Some species which are manifestly coloured for the sake of protection, such as the jack-snipe, woodcock, and nightjar, are likewise marked and shaded, according to our standard of taste, with extreme elegance. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z He handed over the gun; they tossed for the shot; a naval officer won, put up a woodcock and killed it. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z The day after I found him a hunter passed that way, and was proud of having killed the very last woodcock of the season. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z The Rabbit, with his old shooting-coat, with the yarn of the one woodcock he nearly got, with his cheery laugh. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z Come, let us climb higher, for amid yon gorse and bracken on the hill we shall meet with partridge, moorfowl, or perhaps, better still, a woodcock. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The woodcock is not an inhabitant of this State. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z “To range the open heights where woodcocks run.” The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z It was a noted cover for woodcock; but too early for these, and pheasant-killing was to be the pastime of the day. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The frost-bound earth forbids indulgence in the grand chase; but it gives rare sport by driving the snipes and woodcocks—both migratory birds among the Chilterns—to the open waters of the running rivulet. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z The wings may be made from the mottled brown hen, or the woodcock wings, of a red tinge. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z I made Upton my friend for life by missing a woodcock he aimed at; he brought down the bird, and I bagged the sportsman. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Another says that it is “like a P�rigord pie, stuck all over with the heads of woodcocks and partridges,” while some one else thinks it “worthy the taste of a confectioner.” The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z Here a partridge has set its foot; there, a woodcock; here, a squirrel or mink: there, a skunk; there, a fox. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z This, with the setters, tells that woodcock is their game. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z The wings are made from a feather out of the wing of the partridge or woodcock, the body with a bittern's feather, and the head with a little of the brown part of hare's fur. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z He says the mere has not been disturbed for long—ever so long—and there have been several broods of herons this season—besides sedge-hens, snipe, and woodcock. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Hunting for herself, the fox's mate had had several mice and a woodcock. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Proceeds to restore and protect grouse and woodcock habitat. Community sports & recreation datebook 2011-02-13T04:43:04Z For that day, the woodcocks are permitted to remain undisturbed in their shrubby cover. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Olive flies of various hues are very much used, and a fly with a green body and the feather off the root of the landrail's wing; another with orange body, black-red hackle, and woodcock wings. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z I guessed at once what he was at; he never deceived me, talking about snipe and woodcocks, and pretending to care about hare-hunting. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Twenty minutes later, he missed a strike at a woodcock that whistled away in front of him. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z This erratic twist by Lady Feo, whose movements seemed that week-end to resemble those of the woodcock, shattered all these plans. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Is the stream frozen up, and the woodcocks gone to more open quarters? The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z The legs may be also made of the wren's tail or woodcock hackle, this feather is found on the roots of the outside of the wings of the woodcock. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Mere lofty repudiation would be unavailing, and by my infernal facetiousness about the woodcock I had effectively filled in the case against myself. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z He showed him how to become a good judge of wines, how to make hot punch, and how to prepare a woodcock rago�t. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The only chance of the yägers lay in their shot-guns, and to have hit them, even with these, would have been a feat equal to the bringing down a snipe or woodcock. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z The society says that it is being inundated with calls from the public, who are reporting unusual visitors to bird feeders in gardens - including woodcock, snipe and grey wagtails. 2010-01-08T16:36:00Z That is why I like partridge-hunting better than quail or woodcock, though in these you get far more and better shooting. The Jonathan Papers That frosty evening was followed by three others like unto it, and a flight of woodcock came in. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z By this, they mean, that the patient, in imperfect sleep, has been muttering half-connected sentences; and the word, roading, is taken from the mode in which they catch woodcocks. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 There's tender bits of chicken, biscuit, sausage, tarts, mutton-bones, pastry crust, fried fish, vegetables, woodcock's heads, cheese, and salad. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 In the first place, remember that not one seed in a million escapes these busy Douglas squirrels and the big woodcocks that you hear drumming everywhere. Unexplored! Is it a private myth of mine that you shot those two woodcock in the birches of the upper farm last year? The Jonathan Papers This was scarcely reassuring for a man who hoped to shoot woodcock, and I hinted as much. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z I clearly remember looking with envy and admiration at Bewicke’s woodcuts of traps, e.g. that of the woodcock springe, and another of a sieve propped up over grain sprinkled as bait. Springtime and Other Essays I have seen a menu composed of turtle soup, salmon, venison and woodcocks, all excellent things in their way, but when brought together only leaving a sense of excessive oiliness and richness. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions I gave him a lobster curry, woodcock, and macaroni. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 The champagne and the woodcocks,—or whatever might be the special delicacies of the season,—he did avoid. Ayala's Angel But he soon soothed her, for woodcocks are easy-going little creatures, and went away and lay down, very much relieved to know that he was unpursued. The Story of a Red Deer Of the birds familiar to European sportsmen there are partridge, quail and snipe in abundance, and the woodcock has been seen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" If pheasant is not obtainable, prairie chicken is a perfect substitute for it, or woodcock will do in the place of either. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions The plover family have stout, short bills, while the sandpipers and woodcock belong to a family which have soft probing bills of greatly varying length, for obtaining their food in soft mud. Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago It would always come to pass that when he had resolved on two mutton chops and half-a-pint of sherry the humble little meal would spread itself into woodcock and champagne. Ayala's Angel It was now about eleven o'clock, when I proposed that we should have a couple of hours at the woodcocks before luncheon. Jack Hinton The Guardsman The thickest salmon, the curdiest trout, the fattest partridge, and the most tender woodcock smoked on his board, and, rumor said, cooked with a delicacy that more pretentious houses could not rival. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance By this admirable arrangement, whole flocks of pigeons, certain bevies of quails, shoals of flat-fish, bass, and sundry woodcock, found their way into the presence of the company. The Spy Condensed for use in schools “There are certain tit-bits they like that way, just as we do our snipe and woodcock and teal—or say we do.” A Frontier Mystery I know I shall break down and have a woodcock and some champagne. Ayala's Angel Thus you may always know a woodcock, like an inn keeper, by the length of his bill, while a woodpecker more nearly resembles an apothecary, from its keeping bark continually on tap. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Then, in a flash, a monstrous woodcock swept down from above, seized the snake in its beak, and bore it aloft in the air. The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart Remain thou still in darkness: thou shalt hold the opinion of Pythagoras ere I will allow of thy wits, and fear to kill a woodcock lest thou dispossess the soul of thy grandam.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare Wild boars, stags, in the eastern districts, and hares as well as the mouflon are found, while partridges, quail, woodcock, wild duck and water-fowl are abundant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The quail and that woodcock came from down South. Under Boy Scout Colors Bone a pheasant and stuff it with the meat from four woodcocks or six snipe, cut it up, and chop up some truffles and make it into forcemeat. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode "Then, in a flash, a monstrous woodcock swept down from above and seized the snake in its beak." The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart We found nothing but a few partridges and woodcocks, and these we could not shoot, being too near camp. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Of birds some species of parrakeet, the “mandarin” blackbird, and the woodcock are not found in the rest of Indo-China. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Since noon, we have done nothing but pluck pheasants, hoopoes, barn-fowls, and woodcocks. Devil Stories An Anthology Fry the trail of the woodcock or snipe in a little butter, and place on little rounds of fried bread and arrange round the dish. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode Here in the later months will come a woodcock or two, with feathers so brown and leaf-like of hue and markings that the plumage might have been printed in colours from brown leaves of beech. The Hills and the Vale I must plead guilty to the breast of a partridge, the back of a hare, the backbone of a grouse, the wing and side of a pheasant, and a woodcock passim.” Life of John Keats I'll tell you of more, and lie, so you will come: Of partridge, pheasant, woodcock, of which some May yet be there; and godwit if we can; Knat, rail, and ruff too. Notes and Queries, Number 237, May 13, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Thee my musket, Which has brought down many woodcocks, I shall use for nobler sport soon. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. Stew the bones of the woodcocks or snipe to make the gravy, reduce it, and add a glass of Marsala to the broth and serve in a boat. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode In the same way a male woodcock will keep up his shadow-dancing antics long after the nesting season is over, and the partridge drums more or less the year around. Old Plymouth Trails Far out beyond, sea-gulls, mere specks of white, would wheel and plunge into the bay, and at our backs the woodcock, shy enough in any other presence, would whir fantastically through the woods. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 Game was plentiful, and during the season venison, duck, partridge, wild turkey, and woodcock appeared in market and graced the tables of the well-to-do. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria While I've been lying here, I've kept fancying red dogs were running round me, while you were making them point at me, as if I were a woodcock. Fathers and Children Put the joints of the woodcocks into a separate saucepan, strain the gravy on them, and let them heat gently; they must not boil. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode It was a dreadful thing to have to fall in love with a woodcock. The Landleaguers He and I went out the day after I got there, and killed 41 pheasants, 74 hares, 24 rabbits, 8 woodcocks, and 8 partridges. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III The ladies of the town vied with one another in presents of potted woodcock and delicious cake to the distinguished guests. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria After breakfast I walked into the forest which surrounds the caravanserai on all sides, and shot two or three brace of red-legged partridges and a woodcock. Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia Roast the woodcocks in the usual way, and catch the trail on a toast. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode Ada felt that if, as things went on, the woodcock should become her woodcock, the bullet which reached his heart would certainly pierce her own bosom also. The Landleaguers There are but two ways about it—take to the highway, or become a Diddler—a sponge—and, like woodcock, live on "suction." The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes I will sing you a song Of the days that are long, Of the woodcock and the sparrow, Of the little dog that burnt his tail, And shall be whipt to-morrow. Rhymes Old and New : collected by M.E.S. Wright Partridges and woodcock abound there; the quarters, moreover, are remarkably good, and the cuisine, superintended by my friend, Mr. Ball, is by no means despicable. Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia Truss a brace of woodcocks, cover them with layers of bacon and put them into a stewpan with as much richly flavoured stock as will barely cover them, and add a glassful of Madeira. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode He was particular also about his snipe, and would boast that in a little spinney at Ballytowngal were to be met the earliest woodcock found in the West of Ireland. The Landleaguers Some did laugh, some did scoff, And some did mock at me, And some did say I was a woodcock, And a great Boobee. Dickens' London Pope, Windsor Forest, 128: "And lonely woodcocks haunt the watery glade." Select Poems of Thomas Gray The flight-song of the woodcock I have heard but twice in my life. Ways of Nature Fillet a brace of woodcock, soak them in salad oil seasoned with black pepper, some cloves, and a pounded head of garlic. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode I shouldn't like to marry a 'woodcock,' however much I might admire him. The Landleaguers "She didn't keep the General's woodcocks quite long enough to make 'em tender—sarved 'em up too fresh and sweet—I don't know of nothing else that they brought agin her." Mabel's Mistake Bordeaux will be ransacked for pigeons, Scotland for Scotch woodcock, Wales for rabbits, Sardinia for sardines, and Turkey for rhubarb. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 15, 1890 He lifted a bow and arrow which he saw on the ground, and began to shoot at the partridges, woodcocks, pheasants and game of all kinds which abounded there. Old French Fairy Tales Take two livers of fowls and the trails of some cold woodcocks. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode The ordinary life of a woodcock calls upon him to be shot at; but yet a woodcock is not an easy bird to hit. The Landleaguers We rode down to the bend of the Valley River over a stretch of sandy land pre-empted by the cinque-foil and the running brier, the country of the woodcock and the eccentric kildee. Dwellers in the Hills It is as though one were asked to eat boiled mutton after woodcocks, caviare, or maccaroni cheese. Is He Popenjoy? A woodcock or red-legged partridge are occasionally seen; but few quadrupeds are met with, and the larger and fiercer kinds are rarely known to occur. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Place them into the oven to colour, then dish them up with the woodcocks made into a salmi over them, with a good rich brown sauce flavoured with claret round. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode "But what is the good of a man being nice when he is a 'woodcock'?" said Edith. The Landleaguers This is the finest country for game that ever was; partridges twopence-halfpenny a couple, pheasants and woodcocks in proportion; and, in short, every species of poultry. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 Turkeys, capons, pullets with eggs, fowls, chickens, tame rabbits, woodcocks, snipes, all sorts of wild-fowl, which begin to decline in this month. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. To roast woodcocks and snipes in the French method, take out the trails and chop them, except the stomachs, with some minced bacon, or a piece of butter. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families As three woodcocks will give six fillets, cut six bits of bread of the same size and fry them of a nice colour. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode Although he were a "woodcock," the thing must go on in its own natural course. The Landleaguers I will sing you a song Of the days that are long, Of the woodcock and the sparrow, Of the little dog that burnt his tail, And he shall be whipt to-morrow. The Only True Mother Goose Melodies Without Addition or Abridgement Twenty minutes will roast the woodcocks, and fifteen the snipes. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Game, pheasants, partridges, hares, rabbits, woodcocks, snipes, turkeys, capons, pullets, fowls, chickens, tame pigeons.—Fish. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Obs.—Some epicures like this bird very much under-done, and direct that a woodcock should be just introduced to the cook, for her to show it the fire, and then send it up to table. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual This was told to him very freely; but he had only laughed at it, and was generally called "the woodcock," as he rode about among his daily employments. The Landleaguers He lived like the woodcock, sad and solitary in his hole. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches Nightingales arrive early in April; wagtails, turtle doves, and cuckoos come late in April; woodcock come in the autumn, and redpoles and fieldfares also come here for the winter. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Small birds, such as woodcocks, snipes, blackbirds, thrushes, fieldfares, rails, quails, wheatears, larks, martins, and sparrows, are to be boiled in strong broth, or in salt and water. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families That exercise produces strength and firmness of fibre is excellently well exemplified in the woodcock and the partridge. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual “Certainly,” he said, taking another look at her; “you’re the little girl daddy and I used to see across the fields when we were shooting woodcock in the willows.” The Dark Star The middle of the path should be left quite free, and wide enough to allow a couple of woodcocks to walk abreast. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches "Ho, ho, young woodcock, and how do ye like the company of Stede Bonnet's rovers?" The Black Buccaneer Pick a very stale woodcock or snipe, and cut it to pieces, after having removed the bag from the entrails. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Differ little from woodcocks, unless in size; they are to be dressed in the same way, but require about five minutes less time to roast them. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual No—there was no old gentleman, but a black man with a brace of beautiful woodcocks in his hand. The Wide, Wide World So the woodcocks went on with their manœuvres, holding down their heads, with eyes intent upon the grass, evidently engrossed by their own occupation. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches "Ho, ho, young woodcock, and how do ye like the company of Major Stede Bonnet's rovers?" The Black Buccaneer These are dressed in the same manner as snipes and woodcocks. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Then it flashed upon me that this was the note of the woodcock, which I had that very day startled upon this same hillside. Birds in the Bush "They are very fine indeed," said Mrs. Montgomery; "this is just the season for woodcock, and these are in beautiful condition." The Wide, Wide World But to write is not easy; and, besides, what a poor figure I and my dogs and wolves, woodcocks and vineyards, would cut after the terrible Mr. Gordon Cumming. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches "He was coming round by the other side—shot a woodcock there once, sir," he said. The New Tenant Quails may be dressed and served up like woodcocks; or dressed with the insides stuffed with sweet herbs and beef suet chopped fine, and mixed with a little spice. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The pretty, graceful wattle-birds are . . . much esteemed for the table, cooked as snipe and woodcocks are in England . Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia A man of this stamp once told me that no emotion in his life had ever equalled that of his first woodcock. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life Some fish, others hunt only the roebuck and the boar, others shoot squirrels and wild cats, others again excel in snaring woodcocks, while some are dead hands at scenting and tracking a wolf. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches There were woodcock left in the marshes; he had seen them—by accident, I guessed. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 They must roast rather a shorter time than woodcocks. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families I have run into a springe like a woodcock, and into such a noose or trap as a fool only would have fallen into; one of my own setting. Hamlet Rooks do not roost on spoons, nor woodcocks snort, Nor dog on snowdrop or on coltsfoot rolls, Nor common frog concocts long protocols. Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. The woodcock—Its habits in the forests of Le Morvan—Aversion of dogs to this bird—Timidity of the woodcock—Its cunning—Shooting in November—The Woodcock mates—The Woodcock fly. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches There are many reasons why the woodcock should be prized by the winter sportsman more than any other bird in the bag. Birds in the Calendar Snipes and land rails are dressed exactly in the same manner as woodcocks, but only require a shorter time in roasting. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families “Come up for the fall flight of woodcock; I’ll wire you when it’s on,” urged Lansing. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories I never had anywhere in the world a better day’s woodcock shooting than the O’Grady family gave me in County Clare. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Here the woodcock seldom if ever deserts the forests which have been its constant abode, and the sportsman is sure to find it nearly all the year round. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches In olden times, when half of Britain was under forest, and when guns were not yet invented that could "shoot flying," woodcocks must have been much more plentiful than they are to-day. Birds in the Calendar A woodcock takes twenty minutes roasting, and a snipe fifteen. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families If that wet east wind had not come up, nothing on earth could have saved a thousand acres of white pine—and I’m afraid to say how many deer and partridges and woodcock.… A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Equally good with the woodcock shooting in Clare was the wild-duck shooting in the quaking bogs of County Limerick, and away in the loughs, westwards, towards the mouth of the Shannon. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon For instance, in the months of May, June, July, and August, woodcocks are to be found in elevated spots, such as mountains covered with large trees, or in warm open places on their slopes. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches In its hungry moments the woodcock, like the snipe, has at once the advantages and handicap of so long a beak. Birds in the Calendar Green plovers should be roasted like woodcocks, without drawing, and served on a toast. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The law allows thirty woodcock, thirty partridges, and two deer to every hunter. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories He sighed, and thought of the woodcock again. "Some Say" Neighbours in Cyrus The woodcock is a melancholy bird, and somewhat misanthropic. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches When a woodcock lies motionless among dead leaves, it is one of the most striking illustrations of protective colouring to be found anywhere. Birds in the Calendar This fish is sometimes called the sea woodcock. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families “You know,” and she laughed a mirthless laugh, “it’s Thanksgiving Day, and two woodcock are as good as a turkey.” A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Shakespeare uses the woodcock as a simile of folly, to express a person without brains. "Some Say" Neighbours in Cyrus The sport, as usual, was pretty good; my friends and myself killed four couple of woodcocks, and the affût over, we turned our steps towards the banker's cabin. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches These antics, comparable to the drumming of snipe and roding of woodcock, are probably to be explained on the same basis of sexual emotion. Birds in the Calendar Green plovers are roasted in the same way as snipes and woodcocks, without drawing, and are served on toast. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families It was her father, already returned, and he stood by the door, drawing and plucking half a dozen woodcock. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Total bag, rather more than 400 pheasants in the three days; rabbits, over 150, and 20 woodcock.” Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter The woodcock seeks the darkest and most silent thickets, and likes a marly soil, damp meadows, and the neighbourhood of brooks and stagnant water. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches The cuckoo, like the woodcock, is supposed to have its forerunner. Birds in the Calendar At once I was struck by the resemblance of these birds to ordinary barnyard fowls, but Master Pope explained that they were woodcock. Fibble, D.D. It was a woodcock, the first flight bird from the north. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Small notice gives the woodcock of his flight; Not seen at once, at once he’s lost to sight. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter This is one of the woodcock's best stratagems, and it succeeds ten times out of twelve, at least with the tyros among sportsmen. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches Thanks, however, to the protection afforded by the law, there is once again probably no county in England in which woodcocks do not nest. Birds in the Calendar His uncle, Mr. H. K. Pope, our local poultry dealer, frequently carried such woodcock in stock, he said; so I was reassured. Fibble, D.D. But they made no points; no dropping woodcock whistled up from the shelter of birch or alder; no partridge blundered away from bramble covert or willow fringe. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories There are a dozen of woodcocks, For which he has found out A new device for sauce, and will not dish 'em With toast and butter. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 In Picardy, and in the neighbourhood of Boulogne, I have sometimes knocked over as many as twenty woodcocks in one day, while on the morrow and the day following I could not flush three. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches A few others, like the swans and grebes, bear the young ones on the back, but the woodcock's method is unique. Birds in the Calendar Suffice it to say, either the clay used by me had not been of the proper consistency or this species of woodcock was not adapted by nature for being cooked after this fashion. Fibble, D.D. “Our Thanksgiving dinner would horrify you,” she said—“a pickerel taken on a gang-hook, woodcock shot in Brier Brook swales, and this partridge—” She hesitated. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories But that doesn't include turning out to be potted at like a woodcock on your confounded Berkshire wilds by a turnip-headed yeoman. Tom Brown at Oxford Mr. Three per Cent.," said one, "this is what you call sporting, is it—killing starved woodcocks? Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches More recent observation has confirmed White's objection and has established the fact of the woodcock holding the young one between her thighs, the beak being apparently used to steady her burden. Birds in the Calendar "And whut about this here?" he continued, now beholding for the first time the remaining woodcock, which hung from the limb of a low tree, and pointing toward it. Fibble, D.D. Telegraph wires are another menace to low-flying birds, especially those which, like quail and woodcock, enjoy a whirlwind flight, and attain great speed within a few yards. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year These are the only two instances I have met with of talking dogs, but my brother had a beautiful little spaniel, named Doll, who was an indefatigable hunterPage 50 after woodcocks and snipes. Anecdotes of Dogs It is now that the sportsman who is well versed in the private history of the woodcock prepares his snares; for at this period of the year it is by them that they are taken. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches The bill of the kiwi, which has the nostrils close to the tip, is even more sensitive than that of the woodcock and is employed in very similar fashion. Birds in the Calendar There was also a black woodcock, presumably a mate of this one; but it—it has been disposed of. Fibble, D.D. The ides of March see the woodcock back in its northern home, and in early April it prepares for nesting. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year No day was too long for her, nor could a woodcock or snipe escape her "unerring nose:"— "Still her unerring nose would wind it— If above ground was sure to find it." Anecdotes of Dogs I have known one person kill four couple of woodcocks in this manner, but it was quite an exceptional case; two or three is nearer the usual number. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches They also frequent pine woods and heather on the hills, and are identical in appearance with the woodcock found in England. Life and sport in China Second Edition His comrades came to his relief, And I was soon trepanned; And, bound up like a woodcock, Had fallen into their hands. The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays It is in the dusk of evening that the male woodcock begins his song,—plaintive notes uttered at regular intervals, and sounding like peent! peent! The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Page 312A friend of mine, who then resided in South Wales, had a team of spaniels, which he used for woodcock shooting. Anecdotes of Dogs A woodcock never bathes in the Mare No. 1; for to them resort one after another all the large game, or those No. 2, as these are too open. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches Throughout China, pheasants, deer, quail, wildfowl and snipe abound, but woodcock, partridges and hares are less numerous and less evenly distributed. Life and sport in China Second Edition The girl strayed away into the thicket, and startled a woodcock out of a heap of dead oak leaves. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Now is the time when the woodcock rises from his swampy summer home and zigzags his way to a land where earthworms are still active. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Glade nets, which are nets stretched in narrow glades or ridings in woods from tree to tree, are used chiefly for taking night-flying birds, such as woodcocks, or wild ducks. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. For the woodcock, like poets and lovers, is fond of the moonlight and the sweet perfumes of evening. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches The country, though hilly, was richly cultivated, the principal crop being tobacco, and after a delightful walk I returned on board with a brace of pheasants and a woodcock. Life and sport in China Second Edition One was a trifle shorter than Beverly and plump as a woodcock. A Dixie School Girl And as for your juries—who would not set o’er them A jury of tasters, with woodcocks before them? A Poetical Cook-Book The glade net so formed is suspended between two trees, directly in the track of the woodcock's flight. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. To these blind blasphemers, who thus deny its power, I would respectfully say, Come to Le Morvan, and observe the woodcock, and then dare to say that love is an untruth. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches A mendicant monk, who was passing Gulllettes while Monsieur de Montragouz was out shooting woodcock, found Madame Ang�le sewing a doll's petticoat. The Seven Wives Of Bluebeard 1920 The fields are full of all kinds of game,—wild cattle, does, deer, stags, bears, turkeys, partridges, parrots, quails, woodcock, wild pigeons, and 74ring-doves. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Some epicures like this bird very much underdone, and direct that the woodcock should be just introduced to the cook, for her to show it to the fire, then send it to table. A Poetical Cook-Book "Stonehenge" says that the springe just described was used for snaring woodcocks, in the following mariner: Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. The woodcock, as I have before remarked, has only the gift of talking in the spring season, when soft breezes fan the air, and they educate their young. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches “No, but I would sell my parole for a mess of woodcock, Harry.” The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Salt and Cinnamon for woodcock, thrushes, &c., and quails, &c. Early English Meals and Manners Among the birds, Professor Hind mentions prairie-hens, plovers, various ducks, loons, and other aquatic birds, besides the partridge, quail, whip-poor-will, hairy woodpecker, Canadian jay, blue jay, Indian hen, and woodcock. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The sparrow, the swallow, the kingfisher, the heron, the wild duck, the wood-pigeon, the pheasant, the coot, the woodcock, the terns, the gulls, etc.., are some common forms which occur to me. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Here we have the privilege of inspecting the larder—fish of various sorts, meat, vegetables, several kinds of birds, pigeons, tordi, beccafichi, geese, wild ducks, chickens, woodcock, &c. ., according to the season. New Italian sketches “If the woodcock is as good as the canvasback,” was her somewhat irrelevant reply, “I shall call the evening a success, after all.” The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Serve the Second Course: Small birds, lamb, kid, venison, rabbits, meat pie, teal, woodcock. Early English Meals and Manners S. Set that capon upon the table, and those chickens, those rabbits, and that hen, that goose; those woodcock, those snipes, those larks, those quails, those partridges, those pheasants and that pasty of venison. Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 These pipes became known by the nickname of 'the woodcock's heads.' Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce A woodcock floated silently on the bosom of the tiny lake. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 Yonder was not the copse beyond the birches, where my woodcock sometimes found cover. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive The fields are full of all kinds of game, wild cattle, does, deer, stags, bears, turkeys, partridges, parrots, quails, woodcock, wild pigeons, and ringdoves. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago "Is it not a difficult thing to tell the difference between the male and female woodcock?" asked Willy. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Dun Cut—dubbed with brown hair, a little blue and yellow mixed with it, wings, woodcock, and two horns at the head from a squirrel's tail. The Teesdale Angler A scream, and the woodcock, trumpeting shrilly, is drawn into the depths. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 "Well, I'm not sorry: we don't often have grouse and woodcock at the luxurious table of Miss Peacock & Co.; but from three people at once! it will surely be monotonous." A True Friend A Novel And yet, in point of fact, no milder man ever larded a woodcock or stuffed it with truffles. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance I will give an instance of this in the case of a woodcock kept in an aviary somewhere in Spain. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Late Ant Fly—dubbed with the blackish brown hair of a cow, warp some red silk in for the tag of the tail, the wings from a woodcock. The Teesdale Angler In winter snipe and woodcock visit those mountains and afford good sport to the human residents, but all have gone northward long before the summer visitors arrive. Birds of the Indian Hills Alvina set about to make a mock woodcock, or a mock something or other, with cheese and an egg and bits of toast. The Lost Girl The hills abounded in rabbits and hares; in a larch-forest, since cut away, were woodcock. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer There is one very interesting point in the natural history of the woodcock which I must not forget to mention. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children You are now fairly trapped at last—caught like the woodcock in your own springe. Rookwood Through the centre was a wet ravine, which served as a natural outlet for the springs, and which was so full of black alders as to make an excellent cover for woodcock. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles The glimpse of lonely woodcocks haunting the watery glade is sufficiently apt, but let the shooting man stand at attention when grandiloquently informed. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler Then they tramped on further, and by noon managed to obtain a rabbit and two woodcocks. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box Holloa! what bird has just fled before us? it is a woodcock evidently, and has probably lately arrived in this country from the south of Europe, though woodcocks occasionally reside here all through the year. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Fancy them dodging like woodcock at home, from a blaze of sun into the deep shadows of subtropical palm groves! From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Pheasant, partridge, woodcock, and quail abounded, plover, snipe, and curlew were in the marsh-woods; in fact, in Virginia every bird familiar to Englishmen at home was found save peacock and domestic fowl. Home Life in Colonial Days The manor of Chudleigh was bound to provide twelve woodcock for the bishop's table on the day of his election, but should they be unobtainable, twelve pence was considered a just equivalent! Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts "And just think of what we've brought down in the way of rabbits, squirrels, pheasants, woodcocks and turkeys!" The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box The woodcock is a very handsome bird with its dark mottled brown plumage, long bill, and large, full, black eyes. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children The same author makes a similar statement in another work, this habit of the woodcock having been observed by a friend. Chatterbox Stories of Natural History But suddenly a May-fly, a luscious gray-drake, richer and more delicate than canvas-back or woodcock, with a dart and a leap and a merry zigzag, began to enjoy a little game above the stream. Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore So, past many a briered rock, and dingle buff with littered fern, green holly copse where lurked the woodcock, and arcades of zigzag oak, Frida kept her bridal robe from spot, or rent, or blemish. Frida, or, The Lover's Leap, A Legend Of The West Country From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore There are bears, wolves, jackals, wild boars, deer, chamois; and all kinds of birds, such as eagles, falcons, bustards, wild geese, pheasants, partridges, woodcock, snipe, and moorhen. Bulgaria Well I remember the woodcock, long bill, big, big eyes—look at you so trustingly I never could shoot them. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History "Let us get rid of our wives!" cried they; "who knows but the day may come when we shall kill woodcocks?" Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Why, outside of a short spell given over to woodcock, there isn't a thing the law allows a sportsman to shoot up to Fall. The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck The boar and the buffalo, the flamingo and the roebuck, the great plover and the woodcock, reigned alone. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida On and on went the two boys, and presently were rewarded by the sight of several small woodcock. The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets I might as well say I would not eat snipe, or woodcock, because it has such a long straight beak. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas The significant words remind one of the woodcock's feather with which Wildrake warned the disguised monarch that no time was to be lost in fleeing from Woodstock. Benjamin Franklin Sure there can be no doubt but that woodcocks and fieldfares leave us in the spring, in order to cross the seas, and to retire to some districts more suitable to the purpose of breeding. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 A hundred and forty-five pheasants, fifty-six rabbits, eleven hares, three pigeons, and a woodcock. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 10, 1892 "We'll be lucky if we bag some rabbits and a squirrel or two or some woodcock," answered Jack. The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets I cannot see the bird, but I know it is a woodcock. Highways and Byways in Sussex If the bird were rare it would be thought to rival the woodcock; as it is, probably few people ever taste it. Round About a Great Estate In former letters we have considered whether it was probable that woodcocks in moonshiny nights cross the German ocean from Scandinavia. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 The twilight flight song of the woodcock is one of the most curious and tantalizing yet interesting bird songs we have. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers After this there was silence for some time, broken only by the rattling and bumping of the cart, and once by the whir of a woodcock that volleyed across the road. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories Underneath was written, "Mr. West describing how he saw a woodcock settle on an oak"—a perfect specimen of the Sussex joke. Highways and Byways in Sussex A rare eye, too, is his at the setting of a springe for woodcocks, or tracking a maukin on the snow. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 After an hour's rest, we counted up our spoil; four ruffed grouse, nineteen woodcocks, with ten brace and a half of quail beside the bunny, made up our score-- done comfortably in four hours. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Ordinarily the woodcock is a very dull, stupid bird, with a look almost idiotic, and is seldom seen except by the sportsman or the tramper along marshy brooks. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers Turning to the lady, he asked with an air of profound astonishment: “Do you think you can eat a whole woodcock?” Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City I wonder how many know the woodcock's evening hymn. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 The avifauna, of course, becomes poorer; nevertheless the woods of the Steppe, and still more the forests of the Ante-Steppe, give refuge to many birds, even to the hazel-hen, the woodcock and the black-grouse. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers All the habits of the woodcock are, indeed, very partially and slightly understood. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago When I reached home, I went over the fourteen volumes of Thoreau's Journal to see if he had made any record of having heard the "woodcock's evening hymn," as Emerson calls it. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers Now woodcocks are expensive luxuries at Delmonico’s, and the cost of one such bird represented more than the total contents of the lover’s purse. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City What's the matter with partridge and woodcock shooting in New England? Frank Merriwell's Reward Now was the woodcock near the gin, and now the raiders had to watch their steps. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Exactly at two o'clock, by A---'s repeater, the last bird was bagged; making twenty-seven quail, forty-nine snipe, two ruffed grouse, and one woodcock, bagged in about five hours. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago It comprises principally grouse, woodcock, snipe, duck, wild goose, and plover. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway Well may General Trochu look up to the sky when it is overcast, and wish that he were in Brittany shooting woodcocks. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris When the first certain rumors of war prevailed, Royston Keene was shooting woodcocks in the Hebrides; he hastened back to town without a moment’s delay. Sword and Gown A Novel Spread sippets of toast with butter and then with anchovy paste, and turn the woodcock upon them. Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes One woodcock and a brace of ruffed grouse! and Frank has marked down three-and-twenty quail into that rushy bottom yonder, where we can get every bird of them. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Game and fish are also good at the Englischer Garten, and the partridges and woodcocks are very well cooked; in fact, all their game can be highly recommended. The Gourmet's Guide to Europe Here he landed, and after an hour's trudge in the marshy bottoms had the luck to knock over two couple of woodcock. Wandering Heath Tea with mandarin liqueur at once, at twelve o'clock punch and fruits, at two in the morning coffee à la Turque, and at five o'clock a cold woodcock and champagne, were to be served. Dr. Dumany's Wife "Not at all," said his friend, springing up; "I am ready for you; but I want other game than woodcock just now, I confess." Queechy, Volume I Fifty-one woodcock, forty-nine English snipe, twenty-seven quail, and a brace of ruffed grouse. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago When grives go out of season, we have woodcock and snipe; and there are several houses which make a speciality of Bécasses à la fine Champagne. The Gourmet's Guide to Europe The woodcock were cooked to a turn; juicier birds never reclined on toast. Wandering Heath "They are very fine, indeed," said Mrs. Montgomery; "this is just the season for woodcock, and these are in beautiful condition." The Wide, Wide World I remember, many years back, going a grouse shooting, I and a friend, down in Pennsylvania; we went two or three days running, and the birds we got were worth a whole season of woodcock. Queechy, Volume I Pie, Tom, or roast pig?" he continued; "or broiled woodcock? Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago You will know the woodcock from the ruffed grouse by his long bill, his short legs, and his very short tail. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls There was also abundance of smaller game,—the hare, the coney, the roe; and of birds,—the partridge, pheasant, woodcock, mallard, and heron. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality No there was no old gentleman, but a black man with a brace of beautiful woodcocks in his hand. The Wide, Wide World You wouldn't find a woodcock in that swamp, after such a day as we had a few days ago. Queechy, Volume I "I have four woodcocks, and a brace of quail," said Harry. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago The woodcock, another forest bird, seldom shows himself in broad daylight except when hunted; then he will rise a few feet, fly a short distance, drop and run, hiding again as quickly as he can. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Wild ducks, woodcocks, fieldfares, and curlews are coming now, besides thrushes, larks, and other small birds. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 Or, if the season were autumn, the children were told to watch for the arrival of the woodcock and the earliest flock of Norwegian fieldfares. More Tales of the Ridings But you will have the day for the woodcock, and bring us home a great many, I hope. Queechy, Volume I The goldfinch, it is to be feared, is rapidly becoming scarcer; as are also the jay, the woodcock and other birds much more numerous a few years back. Hertfordshire Among the feathered tribes of the woods you will find the owl, the woodcock, and the grouse. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls There is a row of carriages at the sheds—a select party is dining upon those choice trout, black bass and young woodcock. Saratoga and How to See It The next order includes the wading birds such as the snipe, plover, woodcock, heron, and rail. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878, No. 11 They only waited for the lingering woodcock hunters. Queechy, Volume I He saw the partridge drum in the woods; He heard the woodcock’s evening hymn; He found the tawny thrush’s broods, And the shy hawk did wait for him. Andrew Marvell Partridges and woodcock will occasionally be found entangled in the snare, and it will oft-times happen that a rabbit will be secured by the device. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making He had had a great day among the woodcock, and now was finishing with a stalk after wild geese. The Half-Hearted These things have never been respected, except as springs to catch woodcock, where the Divine Right held sway. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II That morning his luck was good, and he came home with a couple of hares and three or four woodcock. Old Peter's Russian Tales You must note, sir, that they which examined them were as wise as woodcocks themselves, and therefore judged of them as penmen of pikemen and blind men of colours. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers A partridge, squirrel, pigeon, woodcock, or any other game can be broiled as well in the woods as at home, using a couple of green-branched twigs for a spider or "toaster," and turning occasionally. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Though one of the best gunners in the world, he was a bad shot at a hare, a woodcock, or a partridge. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 In one letter she declares: "The partridge, the woodcock and the pigeon are too great temptations for the sportsman to withstand!" Greenwich Village Its primary idea was woodcock, its second rabbits; beaters were in the habit of getting through it somehow, but a ride feasible for fox hunters had never so much as occurred to it. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches It reverberated like the drumming of a woodcock that comes to the ear from four quarters at once. Montlivet As to eating vegetables apart from meat, it was once as hard to get English domestics to let you do that, as to get a Cretan cook to serve woodcock with the trail. Lost Leaders Supper was brought up almost immediately—a couple of woodcocks and a salad—and the two sat down, with a pair of servants in blue and silver to wait on them. The King's Achievement Then he will have capital sport with geese, ducks, woodcocks and partridges, and snipe. Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha There are other game birds for the eating, good in their various degrees, but the woodcock is not classed with them. A Man and a Woman "Early Scotch woodcock, I suppose," says I, sportively alluding to the proverb. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 26, 1892 The pigeon, woodcock, and pheasant, are found in the forests as with us. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific That was his mean fashion of life, and he was allowed to get his material down in Oakshotts swamps, where the river overflowed and the woodcock and snipe offered sport in winter. The Torch and Other Tales Other birds have acquired long beaks to penetrate the moister soils in search of insects or roots, as woodcocks; and others broad ones to filtrate the water of lakes, and to retain aquatic insects. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Between him who knows old Tokay and woodcock, and the other man, there is every distinction. A Man and a Woman My men pick up dozens of dead grouse and woodcock along the fence. The Firing Line Now the Great Woodcock Saga is brought about in this way:—First of all suppose that a woodcock has shown himself somewhere or other during the morning. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 A noted place for a woodcock, also a snipe, and a spot from which trespassers were warned very careful. The Torch and Other Tales He would walk you thirty miles any day without fatigue, and shoot you a woodcock against any man; but as an angler my uncle Gervase beat him. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Harlson had learned his woodcock, but the Tokay was yet to come. A Man and a Woman Trouble had begun the previous autumn with a lively exchange of notes between them concerning the shooting of woodcock on Mrs. Ascott's side of the boundary. The Firing Line By Jupiter! we don't get our money's worth out of you if you're going to cut and run before a poor, weak, harmless woodcock. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 Grouse, plover, and bittern were found upon its moors; woodcock and snipe on its marshes; mallard, teal, and widgeon upon its pools. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest "We are full late for the woodcock, and the partridges are not yet ready." Heiress of Haddon He thought—how far back it seemed—of the farmers' dinners, and the turkey and ruffed grouse and woodcock. A Man and a Woman We are come in late; and I have but a moment to tell you we are well, and I have killed three large boars, a fox, and four woodcocks. The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol II. With A Supplement Of Interesting Letters By Distinguished Characters And the great truth that burst upon me is this, that if you want to restore good temper to a shattered party, you must start talking about woodcocks. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 This country likewise affords woodcocks, snipes, and two sorts of grouse, or moor-game. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Chakor, large vulture, ravens; a woodcock rose from a dripping rock, covered with a tropical Andropogon in dense patches. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries There were woodcock, too, in the lowlands, and Harlson found with them such buoyant life as we men find in sudden death of those small, succulent creatures. A Man and a Woman Doesn't he spend all his time after quails and snipe and woodcock? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy If you saw a woodcock in the morning, talk about that one. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 We never saw but three woodcocks, two of which were killed by Mr Hamilton, and one by myself. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time "I always consider," he said, "that the proudest moment of my life was, when sliding down a shale heap, I got a right and left at woodcocks." The Life of Froude And, at the table—but why talk of the woodcock? A Man and a Woman Here we have the privilege of inspecting the larder—fish of various sorts, meat, vegetables, several kinds of birds, pigeons, tordi, beccafichi, geese, wild ducks, chickens, woodcock, &c., according to the season. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series If not, begin about the woodcock you saw last week, or the woodcock somebody else missed the week before. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 In the first place, it may be well to state that the woodcock, or “Timber Doodle,” as Prof. Agassiz calls it, is a game bird. Peck's Compendium of Fun There were seven sorts of soup, then patties of capon, and the ham of the wild boar; then partridge, pheasant, peacock, bittern, heron, bustard, gosling, woodcock and swan. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees In our visit to Greece we spent a few days shooting woodcocks with a fellow-countryman, who possesses an Attic farm in the mountains, near Deceleia. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 The chinese paint-brush is a feather--a woodcock's feather is often used. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Fifty chickens had been killed; presents of woodcock and snipe were received from all sides; salmon had arrived from Galway; cases of champagne from Dublin. Muslin The woodcock’s tail sticks up like a sore thumb. Peck's Compendium of Fun They, however, shot a brace of partridges in a turnip field, a widgeon that rose from a reedy tarn, and a woodcock that sprang out of a holly thicket in a bog. Carmen's Messenger I leave him in competent hands, and in the fall I mean to come back and shoot your woodcocks. Westways How to Roast Plovers.—Roast the green ones in the same way as woodcocks and quails, without drawing, and serve on a toast. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 The woods contain turkeys, pheasants, quail and woodcock. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 We are thus particular to describe the woodcock, so if you ever see one you can go right away from him. Peck's Compendium of Fun Snipe are similar to woodcock, and may be served in the same manner; they will require less time to roast. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Some birds belong more properly to America, such as the Canada woodcock and the water ouzel; and there are several birds common to the east and west coasts of the Pacific. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life |
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