In 1710 it was still possible to shoot woodcock in Regent Street.
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Well I knew something was coming; coming swift as a rocketing woodcock.
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A scream, and the woodcock, trumpeting shrilly, is drawn into the depths.
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Harlson had learned his woodcock, but the Tokay was yet to come.
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The woodcock were cooked to a turn; juicier birds never reclined on toast.
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For a case somewhat analogous to that suggested see the description of O. scolopax in "Fertilisation of Orchids," Edition II., page 52.)
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We find also the heron, burong kuntul (ardea); the snipe, kandidi (scolopax); the coot, or water-hen, ayam ayer (fulica); and the plover, cheruling (charadrius).
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Wood-cock, Scolopax: Appears about old Michaelmas.
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It is full as large as Scolopax Australis, but its plumage is black-banded on the back with a general shade of green.
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The woodhen is a bird rather resembling the pheasant tribe in plumage, but not so handsome.
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There are woodhens also on the plains; but, though very abundant, they are not much seen.
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From fat woodhens a good deal of oil can be got, and this oil is very valuable for almost anything where oil is wanted.
Uso de wood bird en inglés
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The woodbird feeders were empty.
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It seemed as if a mountain brook, a summer zephyr, and a wild- woodbird were in the box vying with each other in sweet melodies.
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We have known some of the shyest woodbirds to come within a few feet of the motionless observer.
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So indeed it seemed, for the woodbirds flew to us, seeking the food which the brethren never failed to bring them.
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Now the children's voices blend with the song of the woodbirds, and they have a garden there of dandelions, daisies, and flowers.
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The admiral thought they showed very poor taste, for her music was simply horrid and couldn't compare with the warblings of the woodsbirds.
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At midday the maiden took the food, but the lentils had all gone; as on the previous day, the woodbirds had eaten them all.
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"So some woodbirds eat fish, as well as the Osprey that we saw at the beach; but how do they chew them, Uncle Roy?"