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A low call came from a brooding curlew, a faint sigh from a plover, and the wild rasping cry of a lapwing greeted them overhead.
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSHMore than once at night the cry of migrating waders was heard, curlew being unmistakable, and (I think) bar-tailed godwit.
MOUNT EVEREST THE RECONNAISSANCE, 1921CHARLES KENNETH HOWARD-BURY"The Curlew" dashed forward, rising and falling with the swells.
LEFT ON LABRADORCHARLES ASBURY STEPHENSIt was at once set; and "The Curlew" started on in the wake of the shower.
LEFT ON LABRADORCHARLES ASBURY STEPHENSIt ain't as if 'The Curlew' was loaded down, and lay low in the water.
LEFT ON LABRADORCHARLES ASBURY STEPHENSUnfortunately the stern of the Curlew sank suddenly under the influence of a receding wave of unusual proportions.
RALPH GRANGER'S FORTUNESWILLIAM PERRY BROWNFill the lake with wild-fowl;Fill the marsh with snipe; While on dreary moorlandsLonely curlew pipe.
THE ONTARIO READERS: THE HIGH SCHOOL READER, 1886MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONAt the fall of the evening the wild note of the curlew sounds with piercing cadence.
RIVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. THE THAMES, FROM SOURCE TO SEA.ANONYMOUSThe glossy ibis is often called bronze curlew, but this is a bad misnomer, as they are in no way related to the curlew.
GAME BIRDS AND GAME FISHES OF THE PACIFIC COASTHARRY THOM PAYNEThe willet, or stone curlew as it is sometimes called, is a resident species, breeding from Washington to Mexico.
GAME BIRDS AND GAME FISHES OF THE PACIFIC COASTHARRY THOM PAYNEWORDS RELATED TO CURLEW
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