James Keery
The White Woodcock
A white woodcock was seen there successive winters
In Penrice Wood, near Penrice Castle, in Glamorganshire:
It was repeated flushed and shot at during that time,
In the very place where it was first discovered;
At last it was found dead, with several others
Which had perished by severity of the weather,
In the winter of 1793. This account, which was communicated
To the author by Sir John Trevelyan, Bart. on the authority
Of the Rev. Dr Hunt, proves not only the existence
Of white woodcocks, but also the truth of the assertion
That the haunts of this bird are the same year after year.
In Penrice Wood, near Penrice Castle, in Glamorganshire:
It was repeated flushed and shot at during that time,
In the very place where it was first discovered;
At last it was found dead, with several others
Which had perished by severity of the weather,
In the winter of 1793. This account, which was communicated
To the author by Sir John Trevelyan, Bart. on the authority
Of the Rev. Dr Hunt, proves not only the existence
Of white woodcocks, but also the truth of the assertion
That the haunts of this bird are the same year after year.
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