Woodcocks also consider themselves permanently established in localities where they have been long undisturbed (82).
Early in March, on our southern coasts, the purely summer visitors begin to be seen, Woodcocks and Pied Wagtails, amongst others, making their appearance.
Woodcocks are migratory birds, coming over into Britain in autumn, and departing again in the beginning of spring; they pair before they go, and are seen flying in braces.
Alike, when heard the bittern's hollow bill, Or the first woodcocks roam'd the moonlight hill.
Alike, when first the vales the bittern fills, Or the first woodcocks roam'd the moonlight hills.
If the woodcocks are thin roast them with a bard of bacon over.
When the woodcocks are to be served up put the sauce over the toast, and the woodcocks upon it.
Woodcocks should not be drawn, as the trail is by the lovers of "haut gout" considered a "bonne bouche.
I looked up, and presently caught sight of one of the woodcocks coming down the wind upon me like a flash.
I saw him raise his gun ever so little and bend forward, and at that moment out flashed two woodcocks into the open, the one I had missed to his right, and the other to his left.
Roast the woodcocks in the usual way, and catch the trail on a toast.
Put the joints of the woodcocks into a separate saucepan, strain the gravy on them, and let them heat gently; they must not boil.
Bone a pheasant and stuff it with the meat from fourwoodcocks or six snipe, cut it up, and chop up some truffles and make it into forcemeat.
As three woodcocks will give six fillets, cut six bits of bread of the same size and fry them of a nice colour.
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.
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.
Woodcocks should not be drawn, as the trails are, by epicures, considered a great delicacy.
In the same manner as woodcocks take their leave of us, they quit France, Germany, and Italy, making the northern and colder climates their summer rendezvous.
The fare was excellent, and even rustic cookery sufficed to make fresh salmon and mountain mutton and fat woodcocks delectable; while the remains of Mr. Scanlan's hamper set forth some choice Madeira and several bottles of Sneyd's claret.
Besides the gun, another mode of capturing the Woodcocks used till very lately to be, and perhaps still is, practised at Woodlands and some other places where practicable in Guernsey.
A celebrated literary character, in a northern metropolis, had a black servant, whom he occasionally employed in beating covers for woodcocksand other game.
Frank is in the dell," said Lord Arranmore, "looking after some woodcocks the keeper had told him about.
Netting woodcocks was at one time the common way of taking them; for they have always been highly esteemed as food.
In coming to this country, woodcocks generally travel in the night and against a head-wind.
At the time of the heaviest bird migrations in autumn, vast flocks of woodcocks pitch on the English coasts.
Hudibras has it that: "Fools are known by looking wise, As men find woodcocks by their eyes.
Why have snipes and woodcocks long tapering bills?
Woodcocks usually begin to fly north on the first approach of spring, and their flights are generally longer, and their rests fewer, at this season than in the autumn.
The first double snipes appeared the first week in September, when likewise woodcocks were seen; the first jack-snipe did not appear till three weeks later than the 29th of September.
Scarcely anywoodcocks winter in any part of Germany.
Pâtés of woodcocks are excellent, they are made the same as for partridges, keeping their trails for the interior of the birds after they are boned.
Roast six woodcocks underdone, take the fillets out carefully, have ready half a pound of very white forcemeat of chicken (No.
Proceed with the fillets exactly as in the last, make ten croutons of bread, upon which put the trail, see woodcocks (No.
Roast four woodcocks underdone, catching their trails upon toasted bread, with two others make a purée as directed (No.
Roast two woodcocks underdone, cut them up and proceed exactly as in the last, make ten quenelles de gibier (No.
Then he will have capital sport with geese, ducks, woodcocks and partridges, and snipe.
Another says that it is "like a Perigord pie, stuck all over with the heads of woodcocks and partridges," while some one else thinks it "worthy the taste of a confectioner.
When scarcely ten years old, it was his joy "To range the open heights where woodcocks run.
In his "Natural History and Sport in Moray," Mr. St. John describes a springe with which he used to take both snipe and woodcocks very successfully.
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