American Woodcock

Description

"Philohela minor. Woodcock. Bog-sucker. Colors above harmoniously blended and varied black, brown, gray, and russet; below, pale warm brown of variable shade, not barred. A dark stripe from bill to eye. Crown from opposite eye with black and light bars; along the inner edges of the wings a bluish-ashy stripe; lining of wings rust-brown; quills plain fuscous; tail black, spotted, and tipped; bill brownish flesh-color, dusky at end; feet pale reddish flesh-color." Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

birds, carnivorous birds, game birds, migratory birds, North American birds, ornithology, Philohela minor, probing birds, shorebirds, Woodcock. Bog-sucker

Galleries

Birds: W-Z

Source:

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman