THE WOODCOCK. By Heribert Kalchreuter.

(1979) 1983 1st English language edition. 8vo paperback (149 x 210mm). Pp127. B/w illustrations, maps, bibliography. Plain blue paperback with black cloth spine.

An English translation of the author's monograph on woodcock, Die Waldschnepfe, of 1979, in which he "tried to summarize our recent knowledge of the European as well as of the ....American species". Contents include: Systematic position; Field marks; Description; Moults; Age and sex characteristics; Weight; Voice; The American Woodcock (Scolopax minor); Distribution of the European Woodcock; Habitat; European Woodcock populations and their development; Population density; Woodcock migration - the winter range, stragglers, migratory behaviour of different populations, more conclusions about woodcock migration; On the population dynamics of the woodcock; On the biology of reproduction; Feeding habits of the woodcock; Woodcock and man.