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Currier & Ives Woodcock

Currier & Ives Woodcock, Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-33175]TITLE: Woodcock. CALL NUMBER: PGA - Currier & Ives--Woodcock (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-33175 (b&w film copy neg.) No known restrictions on publication.
Digital ID: cph 3a33687 Source: b&w film copy neg. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-33175 (b&w film copy neg.) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Retrieve uncompressed archival TIFF version (1,692 kilobytes)

MEDIUM: 1 print : lithograph. CREATED, PUBLISHED: New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1871. CREATOR: Currier & Ives.

NOTES: Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7318. FORMAT: Lithographs 1870-1880.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a33687 hdl.loc.gov/cph.3a33687 CARD #: 2002698857

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-33175]

MARC Record Line 540 - No known restrictions on publication.

Woodcock From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The woodcocks are a group of seven extant very similar wading bird species in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage. Only two woodcocks are widespread, the others being localised island species. Their closest relatives are the typical snipes of the genus Gallinago (Thomas et al., 2004).

These are woodland birds which feed at night or in the evenings, searching for invertebrates in soft ground with their long bills. Unlike in most birds the tip of the upper mandible is flexible.[1] This habit and their unobtrusive plumage makes it difficult to see them when they are resting in the day. Woodcocks are seen as a very timid and frail species because they rarely ever make any appearances and they can be frightened easily.

Most have distinctive displays, usually given at dawn or dusk. These are birds with stocky bodies and long bills. They have eyes set on the sides of their heads, which gives them almost 360° vision.

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