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WOODCOCKS WAY WITH A WORM Curiosjty has been expressed as to the precise manner in which a woodcock employs his bill for the purpose of feeding A sportsman who has always imagined that the bird drove his bill into the soft earth and capturing a worm beneath the surface lately had an opportunity of observing the process A woodcock lighted within a few feet of him and as it remained unaware of the sportsmans pres ¬ ence it was possible to watch The bird pierced the ground four times each hole three or four inches from the other He then stood still Pres ¬ ently a worm emerged from one of the holes and was at once taken and swallowed the operation being then repeated
