The first sort has an Orange-Colour
on the Tops of their Wings, and are as good Meat as those in Europe.
The other sort is something less, of a lighter Colour;
nothing differing therein from those in England, as to Feathers,
Bigness, and Meat.
{Pheasant.}
The Pheasant of Carolina differs some small matter from
the English Pheasant, being not so big, and having some difference
in Feather; yet he is not any wise inferiour in Delicacy,
but is as good Meat, or rather finer. He haunts the back Woods,
and is seldom found near the Inhabitants.
{Woodcock.}
The Woodcocks live and breed here, though they are not in great plenty,
as I have seen them in some Parts of England, and other Places.
They want one third of the English Woodcock in Bigness;
but differ not in Shape, or Feather, save that their Breast
is of a Carnation Colour; and they make a Noise (when they are on the Wing)
like the Bells about a Hawk's Legs. They are certainly as dainty Meat,
as any in the World. Their Abode is in all Parts of this Country,
in low, boggy Ground, Springs, Swamps, and Percoarsons.
{Snipe.}
The Snipes here frequent the same Places, as they do in England,
and differ nothing from them.
