The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06

'.i:arr 'r 80 tao sor.si OF e ~" hcls
~ -. lr; il.ply Loren a.. hC!a. tfen
u .t "a -" .rounG. 10 limitation OF RAIN
L.as VIE .Suc1n tho dso$svsd worm
t,Ia'.su usT.IaiaS 1rd afesr The my stericrs
cLstVE' 60 'rossns ,soc,ss up Oh ofthe ho.s
/ tie wCOdcoeA loves DARKNESS letter
ttIr. i,gl;, net because his ways are evil
bot because it would SEEM that rntwt'h-
SD org tis wealth Of ort.cai oeve!op-
meat hc can noe hut dIsil:' IA .Iyilgft
wh':c lis ej-c IL hR2s lac a. TIght. ~ "
vote s'-'ll. md 80 IL - oG general oeitef'
bus II .y~A l. thc f5.t. whes must Ne tce
dcl"tt" nc-1-o;ls ,s.-s hiii.Y OF creafure
thai Casi r:sc ~ Z. -u;:Zr ~ sh!c,sei Sc dense
thai a rlSn C1n with. u!'fCu''y El1Sc riH
way In a sad trr1GGH / and 'aCsinS lear
s!inI. il~' ~ -'s'aS '""r -"''h move
urG's Irsrlv tLroGgh "ad '";wc~n tho
liz i"ou"l'- .r ~ e" 49,. Nn: tho wood
Cr;,- J. =, E"'ti. ~'Ipnaulr a. I d'sat-
nm ls- n ~" .laS!I-'s. tEu: Ne seems
slu..' L. AZ. s.. ! 5: StIr.Gg apparently az
r"rN'a.. va Ills creas hazel eyes In:ii
r.. -,''ni ~. ms lin and -hcn whistle
.'r-' aur IT,. "a away. h',' Ne never l,''ocas
- load .s a. h- ohs,ruc; ia:. maze.
TIE yvo.,,:-,,, : 4 a nj Gilr birciat any rate
IL, ne dHl-lN loves nooni: Oh. IN the
pals "~uls"nra ~ Irna's rays in sari-
50 rir.; n" does his love making gives
h!rr7 -e'f OVER. W Ia spAah 80 affairs of the
.s:-' n. rr""'s ~ .Ir a. :nsllHwsr
t'n!-A NriGhtrr l-alT. .; 10 n"'"i,"r
::,up- ~ i Oh. am -!'r" I,r attention 70
'hs l"airs .. t-~ ~tCl.-rh NJ that '1r
.po- q" seeks then 10 oe.-Ar 20 his taste e.
more abundsnt. bat -. = hac, from his
wees ~: e." :v'ag physical "hange.
.ul' I,a-;-:.. anc v;so- and eager and
robust Mos delicat" and delicious in
Hesn IN hily m October the woodcoclI
~vcels in the qualities that make him. az
Charles Ellio. Coues was wont TO say.
the game bird after all. say what Won
pleas" bout snipe, grouse or Cuail
Ard the October woodcocii Ia not only
putting himself IN pri'n. condition
cain i the time ne wings his flight south
Tari " never III his life he - max ing
himself ~ for rItt,ug against III" hunter
and h. dog During Tho life Of thr DC
le~t Cor sport Ne j. constantly on IN"
NOV" He tnaSes 10 permanent abiding
place SpCr'syu.r who have such ever
sncs. for the woOdCoCE a. - at'rh.t"
:" him hiCa des'r.e Of 'ntetliG"nee DE-
clare that thv bird j. acting advi-ediv
in this CapriCipu-nr>- aud does " TO p'I2zl"
the hunter and pa him OF his metal
However that NAV IT,. 1t - ur'"the hunter
to have knowledge at "A wide range OF
territory aud to he. well awar" Of tn"
IL h' would h~ alb. to find the part ic'ilar
growth tina, Tor ia. tim" best suits the
vagurle- Of tn" fa-ttdious bird
Early III the month the birds S""m TO
SCATTER and portion oF among themselves
the different covers but settl" more gre
Rario,l>ly ~ rh. cold and frost come Dn.
They nse kindly 10 the skirts and covers
both un IN. high and low land. and in the
fun - the moon at such vantag" points
they rise whistling abov" th" skirts OF
their dsvtrri. covers IN numbers 'hat
NAV we'll surprise one who n"v"r-St II messed
snch flights drop down into the boring
plac.'S that lie III in IN. darkness " tn,
wonicock mounts IN. dividing 'nc of
timber b.tw.au his retreat and the feeding
ground below he ~ lirnnsd :" sharply
against tn. mooniii sky that III. mark To
the hunter >acrns hk. u target impossible
for him 10 mis- RIIt h" will have NO iIuia
"a q. Irllats chances II he dues h" bird
j. a moment there. hen gone forever sn
fnr ~ hat Ch1nr" j. concerned Tor 10 IN"
hunter Who h">irnt.s with n woodcock
hanging poised IN tho beams OF an October
moon opportunity I~lpsi.
Then A. th.. month advances and TN"
cold Incomes NOR" determined the wood
cock socks the aoi' maple and water elm
swanIrs. whore they feed among the
bordering roSe IGT IL "a warm spell hap
peus fn- tav oT -wr. hack 81 the covers
sdisSan, e. corn and buCkwh.at ~tlibbie
ard old po'Aso lids the 'arrying birds
will hio II = With ~" sim AMI vigor 81
October in him rhnt the voodcock li.'s
closer "a The ,lng thar ~ arv other times
and he often shows the stuff that lies in
him nv bri.tling ~ like a gamecock and
boldly attacking N" dog that would .aek
10 bstray him - the hunter And thsn
one ,iay- whom me month j. nearing its
close there will come q cold. sleety. icy
storm The ground lies frozen. Yes
terrisv 'hc covers were lively with wood.
cock To-day they are as empty Of them
a. if mo had never whistled in their
depths last might thev took their flight
for the sunny South There were mostly
little cock birds off anyway The big.
plump hens. forrseeing she coming dis
turbanc-. had gone before.
just a. suddenly next April they will
appear in their old Northern haunts
again. WOO in the carly spring moonlight
70, al in tho Juices ~ June and July. sit
down in -ackclotl and ashes in August
and S.p'cuher and return to the lus'y
joys 81 October and the strenuous life
of the later fall