The history of the stonecurlew, charadrius oedicnemus is as follows.
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I am assured now that it is the stonecurlew (charadrius oedicnemus).
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The stonecurlew, our little bustard with the long wings, big, yellow eyes, and wild voice, still frequents the uncultivated downs, unhappily in diminishing numbers.
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This study presents the first isolation of mycoplasmas from stonecurlews.
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Look and listen out for Stonecurlews -crow-sizedbirds whose large yellow eyes enable them to find food in the dark.
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That they are not noxious to some animals is plain: for ducks, buzzards, owls, stonecurlews, and snakes, eat them, to my knowledge, with impunity.