".— On the twenty-seventh of February, 1788, stone-curlews were heard to pipe; and on March first, after it was dark, some were passing over the , as might be perceived by their quick short note, which they use in their nocturnal excursions by way of watch-word, that they may not stray and lose their companions. Thus we see, that retire whithersoever they may in the winter, they return again early in the spring, and are, as it now appears, the first summer birds that come back. Perhaps the mildness of the season may have quickened the emigration of the curlews this year. They spend the day in high elevated fields and sheep-walks; but seem to descend in the night to streams and meadows, perhaps for water, which their upland haunts do not afford them."
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Stone-curlews
s are birds that form 10 species in 3 different genera: ', ' and '. The 3 genera are part of the Burhindiae, which was introduced into avian taxonomy in 1912 by the Australian ornithologist . Curlews and stone-curlews belong to different avian families.
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