A History Of British Birds; Vol Iii

HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS VOL III. ALTHOUGH the eggs or the young of the Woodcock have been found, during he summer or another, in almost every county in EngIand, as well as in several of those of Scotland, and also more frequently of late years than formerly, yet the great bulk of the species must be understood as only winter visitors, arriving early in October, or soon afterwards, and again departing northwards in March.