| 单词 | curlew |
| 例句 | He waited without sleeping, listening to the aroused crickets in the endless hours of early morning and the implacable telling of time by the curlews, more and more convinced that he had been deceived. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We sat quietly, the only sounds the occasional cry of the curlew and Lottie’s contented nursing. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z "There are no brothers left to take revenge on her," he said, in the voice of the morning curlews, "and it is none of us will ever be Lord of Stormhold. Let us move on." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Birds fly behind, finches and macaws and vultures and larks, monarchs and thrushes and curlews and crows. John Luther Adams, Praying for the Earth in Music 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z In one afternoon, Mr. Etcheverry and I spotted pronghorn antelope, golden eagles, yellow-bellied marmots, western meadowlarks, long-billed curlews and an unfathomable number of red-tailed hawks, all while encountering perhaps one other car. Cultured Traveler: Herding Sheep in Basque Country (Idaho) 2012-08-24T19:19:51Z There are herds of long-billed curlews and congregations of white-faced ibises, in fact, 20 percent of the entire world’s population of them. Birds by the Billions: A Guide to Spring’s Avian Parade 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The loudest noise you normally hear is the call of the curlews or the mewing of buzzards overhead. Burning grand pianos on the Scottish border 2012-05-22T13:39:00Z After they leave in spring, through mid-May, flycatchers, vireos and warblers replace them, along with migrating shorebird species, including plovers, curlews and stilts. Birds by the Billions: A Guide to Spring’s Avian Parade 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Together we would walk the wetland meadows in our wellington boots, pausing every so often to listen to the cry of a curlew or to watch a snipe feed off the muddy places. I love you, said my mother – words I’d waited to hear all my life 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z His job is to study what’s happening to all the other prairie animals, such as long-billed curlews, since the return of the bison. Creating a home on the prairie as it once was 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Blocked from the ocean breezes, we baked in the panga, slapping mosquitoes while spotting curlews, kingfishers and tiger herons. Latin America 2011 |?Journeys: Isla Coiba, Panama, a Marine Preserve 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z The sculptures—figures of polar bears, red knot birds, Eskimo curlew, and the extinct great auk—are covered with tar, lime, and glue. Confronting my Exxon Valdez horror 25 years later 2014-03-26T23:00:00Z They come in search of watch-listed species like the Western snowy plover, long-billed curlew, Franklin’s gull and Brewer’s sparrow, along with hundreds of other more common species like the white-faced ibis. Angry Birders: Standoff at Oregon Refuge Has Riled a Passionate Group 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z It will also protect and promote strongholds of species like freshwater pearl mussels, pine marten and curlew. Environment: Wales-England Marches plan to protect nature 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z It has 20% of the UK's hen harriers, 11% of its breeding seabirds and vital populations of curlew, lapwing, and oystercatcher. Call for extra £8m to eradicate stoats from Orkney 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The lough and its catchment area is also a vast ecosystem, where species such as the curlew and the barn owl could be found in years gone by. Lough Neagh: What does future hold for UK's largest freshwater lake? 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Activists are suing to stop it, pointing out that the site still provides habitat for endangered species like black-faced spoonbills and Far Eastern curlews. South Korea is a test case on how to fight an ecological disaster 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z He says traditional livelihoods such as crofting and farming could continue as they are, adding that they already play a key role in providing grassland habitat for vulnerable species such as curlew. The 'enigmatic' peatbog seeking worldwide recognition 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Birders will delight in his descriptions of albatrosses, petrels and curlews. Audubon’s writings on ocean voyages and seabirds complicate his legacy 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z At Westhay Nature Reserve, sphagnum moss and sundews form a carpet on the boggy ground and the wetlands attract rare birds such as bitterns and curlews. Climate change: England's gardeners face peat compost ban 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z But curlews nesting close to runways "pose a danger to air safety" and previously, eggs laid on airfields would be destroyed to prevent the risk of collisions between aircraft and birds. Final curlews released in Norfolk after airfield rescue 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z A hidden camera has been installed close to a pair of curlew nests in the Antrim Hills. Curlews: Hidden camera captures life of endangered birds 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Peregrine falcons, curlews, barnacle geese and herring gulls are some of the wild bird species to have been found dead or dying from the disease. UK chief vet warns avian flu at 'phenomenal level' in UK 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Mammals like the red squirrel and water vole, birds like the curlew and plants such as the fen orchid squeezed out by loss of habitat and pollution. Climate change: Wildlife and plant species decline 'a crisis' 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z He grows hay, too, harvesting it later in the season to give the curlews a chance to raise their chicks. He is Britain’s famous shepherd-author-influencer. He wants to transform farming to save the planet. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Six curlews were returned to the wild at Wild Ken Hill in King's Lynn, Norfolk, on Monday. Final curlews released in Norfolk after airfield rescue 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The curlew was once common in Northern Ireland with up to 5,000 breeding pairs in the 1980s. Curlews: Hidden camera captures life of endangered birds 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Wildlife groups say curlews should be considered the UK's most urgent bird conservation priority. Curlew: Urgent work needed to save 'loved' endangered bird 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z A bird known as a bush-stone curlew was only a short distance away from the small group, which Powell made sure to acknowledge in his caption. Bindi Irwin, Chandler Powell celebrate their first Christmas as newlyweds 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z It chooses to protect some rare ground-nesting birds, such as curlews or little terns, by shooting more common animals – foxes and other predators. Should we cull one species to save another? 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Wild New Forest said the verges "may not look like much", but the tightly grazed lawns sustained plants that attracted insects and invertebrates, which in turn provided food for birds such as curlew. Fears over forest verge parking in visitor influx 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z She said curlews are a species that people emotionally connect with as they are associated with Irish folklore. Curlews: Hidden camera captures life of endangered birds 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z "The hauntingly evocative cry of the curlew is now all too seldom heard. This most wonderful bird needs urgent support," said Prince Charles. Curlew: Urgent work needed to save 'loved' endangered bird 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z By May 2019, 43 shorebird species—including the endangered black-faced spoonbill and far eastern curlew—were using these platforms to roost. Repurposed Oyster Farm Bags Offer New Real Estate for Migratory Birds 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service and researchers elsewhere to learn more about long-billed curlews. Researchers seek to learn more about long-billed curlews 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z The professional reason for my being on this island was to monitor the passage of the migratory shorebirds: sandpipers, plovers, curlews and godwits. Opinion | It’s September. Seize the moment. 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Other words include the Irish for curlew - "crottach" or "the humped one" - and might be an allusion to the bird's distinctive beak. Leprechaun 'is not a native Irish word' 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z "The disappearance of curlews from across the open landscapes of England is deeply sad and a very tangible reminder of the crisis facing our wildlife," she added. Curlew: Urgent work needed to save 'loved' endangered bird 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z The fourth, Thomas‘ favorite, “Curlew Scherzo,” showcases one of the refuge’s residents, the long-billed curlew, and its operatic call. Composer celebrates Malheur Refuge 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z As part of the study, satellite transmitters were placed on five curlews captured near Watrous, New Mexico. Researchers seek to learn more about long-billed curlews 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z The fourth, Thomas’ favorite, “Curlew Scherzo,” showcases one of the refuge’s residents, the long-billed curlew, and its operatic call. Composer celebrates Malheur Refuge 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z The Eskimo curlew once migrated over Ohio on its way from South America to parts of Canada and Alaska. Unlocking secrets from extinct species stored at Ohio State 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sown their crops in the spring. 5 Plants and Animals Utterly Confused by Climate Change 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Many bird species have also been observed on the site, including the curlew, wigeon, skylark, warbler, ringed plover, and whinchat. The billionaire vs. the fly 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Conifers are also loved by crows—which is less obviously good, because crows raid the nests of rare birds such as curlews. Trees are covering more of the land in rich countries 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z There is such a short amount of time to catch a curlew before their eggs hatch that panic sets in. Satellites tracking 3 Park County curlews near Powell 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The less numerous Labrador duck and Eskimo curlew suffered the same fate. Hunting ‘Turr’ in Newfoundland’s Frigid Waters 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z In the last 5 years, the hunting of snipe and curlew has been banned permanently in Europe. Does shooting birds make them smarter? 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z They say that by keeping fox numbers down, other species of birds such as lapwings, curlews and golden plovers are allowed to flourish. Growing call for grouse shooting ban as season opens - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z He also says that the Flyway's largest shorebird, the Far Eastern curlew - spotted below - has declined in number by more than 80% in 50 years. Why North Korea is a safe haven for birds - BBC News 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z The long-billed curlew is classified as a shorebird, according to the American Bird Conservancy. Satellites tracking 3 Park County curlews near Powell 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z "Iconic species to Wales such as the curlew and lapwing could be lost within a generation," he said. Rare animals and plants paired with Welsh politicians - BBC News 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Many species of birds around the world also are being tracked, including long-billed curlews, and sage grouse in Idaho. Gadgets track wildlife, and enlighten humans 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Many species of birds around the world are also being tracked, including long-billed curlews, and sage grouse in Idaho. Wildlife secrets revealed with advanced tracking devices 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z During the trip, the New Zealand birders say they identified several new sites of international importance for the bar-tailed godwit, the Eurasian curlew, and the critically endangered Eastern curlew. Why North Korea is a safe haven for birds - BBC News 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Fragmentation of habitat is just one reason for the decline in curlews. Satellites tracking 3 Park County curlews near Powell 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The curlew, Europe's largest wading bird, is recognisable by its long down-curved bill and evocative call. NI's curlew joins red list as concerns for its future grow - BBC News 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z They join species already listed such as the black-tailed godwit and curlew. Four UK bird species including puffins 'face extinction' - BBC News 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Related: UK criticised for failure to defend European nature protection laws UK wading birds added to the “near threatened” category include the knot, curlew, sandpiper, bar-tailed godwit, oystercatcher and lapwing. Puffins and turtle doves at risk of being wiped out, say experts 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Much-loved birds including curlews and cuckoos are under a growing threat from climate change in England, according to a new report. Growing threat to England's curlews from climate change - BBC News 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z His research on northwest Wyoming curlews shows a healthy population here in seemingly hostile conditions while they struggle elsewhere. Satellites tracking 3 Park County curlews near Powell 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Scientists say the long-billed curlew is of particular interest because its downward curving beak allows it to live in a range of habitats, but populations appear to be dwindling. Scientists to study grassland-nesting shorebird in 3 states 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Plovers were generously smothered in lard, as were rabbits, woodcock, curlew, pheasants and partridge. Christmas menus: turtles to turkeys 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Today, the picture has a further elegiac dimension: The Eskimo curlew is now extinct. Art Review: ‘Audubon’s Aviary’ Returns to the New-York Historical Society 2014-03-27T19:13:04Z At a distance ibises appear to be uniformly dark, which accounts for one of their early common names, black curlew. City Room: Glossy Ibises Are Like 21st-Century Pterodactyls 2013-06-29T02:02:11Z The slender-billed curlew once migrated between regions around the Mediterranean and Siberia but disappeared decades ago due to habitat loss and possibly pollution. 4 Extinct Species That People Still Hope to Rediscover 2013-02-21T17:45:03.307Z "No, in truth," answered Catherine; "he is as poor as a verger; and, like the curlew, carries all his fortune on his back, I believe." Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z What is it cries with the crying of the curlews? Poetry of the Supernatural 2012-04-22T02:00:10.897Z Fine, tall, handsome people; they all look like chiefs; and their advance is like the advance of a flight of curlew in the air, so orderly and straight. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z Waders and waterfowl are far less abundant, and those occurring are nearly all migratory forms which visit the peninsula of India—the only important exception being two kinds of solitary snipe and the red-billed curlew. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Twenty birds showed up in Italy in 1995, and a single curlew turned up in England—far outside its historic range—in 1998. 4 Extinct Species That People Still Hope to Rediscover 2013-02-21T17:45:03.307Z He had heard curlew whistle in the dark and wondered whether the birds were as wild as they are in England. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z No soul had they met, nor had any sound, save the whistling of the curlew and the winds, greeted their ears. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z And it was glorious, after all, to be alone—the only human thing on these wide moors, where the curlews mewed as if the place belonged to them. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z It was possible that in the interval he had sworn at fate, or shrieked against the curlews, or cursed the inhuman sky that mocked him with its sameness. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z This may or may not have been a slender-billed curlew, though, and scientists have been fighting about its identification ever since. 4 Extinct Species That People Still Hope to Rediscover 2013-02-21T17:45:03.307Z Now and then he saw a curlew but did not get a shot, and by and by he put down the oars. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z The white-winged curlew was wheeling around in perfect security, and the little bay was dotted, in a few spots, with fishermen's boats. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z Yesterday morning a large curlew came struggling down the wind, and seemed to have just sufficient strength to reach the vessel. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The hum of bees, the scent of pines, the flight of the ousel down the water, the whistle of the curlew, all were to her pleasures as vivid as they were new. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The whole river and surrounding country literally swarm with an infinite variety of wild swan, geese, duck, curlew, and water-fowl of every description. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z They flew off, and he followed some curlews that led him on for a time and then vanished with a mournful cry. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z She lingered in her walk, watching the curlews, and listening to the measured booming of the waves as they touched the shore and then receded. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z A far-away dog barked, a curlew screamed on the hill above him, the steady fall of a pair of oars in the rowlocks rose from the lake. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z It came out of the dusk behind them, and might have been the call of a curlew on the moor. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The peewits and curlews had gone to rest. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z A curlew's wild cry pierced the gloom and then all was quiet. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Startled curlews, round about us, uttered their querulous cries. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The bogholes he knew As the curlews know them, And the rabbits’ pads, And the derelict quarries. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z Fill the lake with wild fowl; Fill the marsh with snipe; While on dreary moorlands Lonely curlew pipe. The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z No, But you shall hear wind cry and water cry, And curlew cry, and have the peace I longed for. Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z The hills with the deep mournful music were ringing, The curlew and plover in concert were singing: But the melody died 'mid derision and laughter, As the host of ungodly rushed on to the slaughter. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z At noon, the thermometer being at 67�, our hunters returned, without having seen anything of consequence, except a couple of large curlews. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z While leading this littoral life the food of the curlew seems to consist of almost anything edible that presents itself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The seagulls and curlews cried perpetually above the marsh, and the quiet sea broke upon the sand with a haunting and mournful sound. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The butchers' boys kept their sheep there, and in autumn the swampy portions afforded to the sportsmen good ground for snipe, plover and curlew. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z The curlew’s cry, so wild and shrill, Pierces the air with startling sound; While o’er the waters calm and still, The wild fowl chase each other round. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z And all the time in spring you can hear the wild musical note of the curlew, and see the dun-coloured birds flitting against the green of the woods. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z In bulk the curlew is not less than a crow, but it looks larger still from its long legs, wings and neck. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z And yet it takes a long time, and that is why he laments in the wind and in the reeds and in the cries of the curlews. Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre 2011-12-21T03:00:25.100Z Down on the empty shore a curlew cried. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Deer, wild hog, duck, curlew, snipe and pigeon are abundant game, and several varieties of fish are caught. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z With spring come all the sea-fowl to the bird-cliffs, and curlew, golden plover, and Arctic jaegers, 'plaintive creatures that pity themselves on moorlands.' Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z With much the same cry as that of the Numenii, only uttered in a far sweeter tone, it is as fully entitled to the name of curlew as the bird most commonly so called. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z It is the shriek of the curlew as he sails round and round in the air. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Now the ten-bore is useful for a string of mallards which are already seeking safer altitudes, and for a couple of curlews, for once at fault. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The 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 Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z And suddenly she knew it was no curlew. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z The long-billed curlew, or simply curlew of most British writers, the Numenius arquata of ornithologists, is one of the largest of the family Scolopacidae, or snipes and allied forms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z It is the land of the curlew, the grouse, and the blackcock,—the land mayhap of the eagle, though as yet we have not seen the bird of Jove. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Home where the curlew's calling Notes that are wild and free! By Trench and Trail in Song and Story 2011-09-24T02:00:15.120Z The 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 Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Some time before she had thought she had heard the sound of a curlew's whistle, low and not very near, but she had disregarded it. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z The best way to approach them is to drive from Leenane Inn to the Deel River, due north, and then strike west over a wet bog, full of dunlins, plover, and curlew. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Oh, Fairly, my old man of the Covenant," vociferated the leader of the party, "how come you to be keeping company with the whaup and the curlew at this time o' night? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z We laughed, and screamed, and whooped, loud enough to scare even the curlews, and that is saying a good deal. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z The long-billed curlew, or sickle bill as it is often called, is a plentiful resident in all suitable localities. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z When I awaked, the curlews were crying under the stars. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z The ptarmigan, the wild duck and goose, the plover, the curlew, and still other birds are to be found there. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z For gulls are afloat Like a silver boat; And the curlews call As their weird cries fall. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z Conran sent us back, humbled, sulky, and crestfallen, and resumed his solitary patrol upon the beach, where, before the sun was fairly up, he was having a shot at curlews. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z A glance at the accompanying illustration will be sufficient to enable the uninitiated to always know a curlew. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z The curlew's cry, the heron's call, The grey gull's chatter on the strand, The robin on the mossy wall, The coal-tit almost at my hand— How I thank Heaven for you all! Songs of Womanhood 2011-08-21T02:00:31.203Z Over the heads of the travellers flew millions of water-birds,--pelicans, wild geese, storks, ducks, gulls, curlews, and mews. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z As my head appears above the burn side, the ever-watchful curlews whistle and the plovers scream. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Hail to your purlieus, All ye high flyers of the feathered race, Swallows and curlews!” Stevenson's Shrine The Record of a Pilgrimage 2011-07-18T02:00:23.520Z The Hudsonian curlew, or jack curlew, by which name it is also known, is also a common visitor to our hunting grounds. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z The Eskimo curlew population once numbered hundreds of thousands, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service. Scientists look for surviving Eskimo curlew birds 2011-06-23T22:34:10Z Hist! that was a curlew's cry from away down on the river's bank, and now you are all awake and singing, you noisy chatterers, as though your hearts would burst for joy. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z The report highlights work done in areas like Lake Vynrwy, Powys, which is home to curlew. Farmland bird numbers in decline 2011-04-11T14:19:35Z A quarter of an hour later, a weird cry, something like that of a curlew or peewit, but not exactly either, came to our ears from the north-west near the river. 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison 2011-04-01T02:00:33.827Z Color—Same as the long-billed curlew, except that it is a little paler on the under parts, and the mottling shows more distinctly on the back. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Despite its scarcity, the Eskimo curlew is well-known to bird lovers. Scientists look for surviving Eskimo curlew birds 2011-06-23T22:34:10Z The grumbling of wild duck; the cry of a curlew; the blatant bombast of the bullfrog; the myriad industries of the little folk of night filled the air. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z To ensure the future of the species, conservation of the curlew will be one of the centenary's fundraising priorities. Farmland bird numbers in decline 2011-04-11T14:19:35Z This time a cyclist dashed along the road on hearing me, I suppose, and once again the same curlew noises began to spread themselves around me. 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison 2011-04-01T02:00:33.827Z On more careful scrutiny, they proved to be birds,—large, but of slender shape, and bearing some resemblance to a brace of cranes or curlews. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The wildlife inquiry, to be conducted by the service's Alaska scientists, is the first such formal review of the Eskimo curlew under the Endangered Species Act, Woods said. Scientists look for surviving Eskimo curlew birds 2011-06-23T22:34:10Z The lake looked still, and dark as Acheron itself—its sombre silence relieved only at intervals by sounds yet more lugubrious—the scream of the great curlew, or the screech-like call of the American ibis! The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z They found that bristle-thighed curlews fly as far as 6,000 miles without a stop, traveling from Alaska to the Marshall Islands. Birds That Migrate Thousands of Miles With Nary a Stop 2010-05-24T22:56:00Z From the marshy ground rose the cries of curlews and peewits,—the drumming of snipe and the hoarse croakings of many frogs making an unearthly tout ensemble. 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison 2011-04-01T02:00:33.827Z Only the curlew's mournful call, Circling the sky at evenfall, And loon lamenting over all. The Cup of Comus Fact and Fancy See the curlews there, flying round and round over the marshes. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Gerda stood for a moment or two gazing at the water, then she gave a long and peculiar whistle, not unlike the cry of the curlew. The School by the Sea Sandpipers ran along the beach within a stone’s throw, but the curlews showed their greater knowledge of mankind by keeping beyond gunshot. Into the Primitive Its accents of anger were very singular; sometimes one might fancy them the whistling of the curlew, at others, the hoarse bark of an old dog. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom The curlews were stilled, the wild creatures were likely lying motionless, trying to escape the heat, the little rustlings and murmurings of stirring vegetation was gone from the gardens. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery Either a bereaved cow or a curlew suffering from nightmare. A Traitor's Wooing It was perhaps hardly wise to have thus put him on his guard, and let him become aware that they knew of the curlew signal. The School by the Sea Like the curlews, they had knowledge of mankind. Into the Primitive My heart ran wild when it heard The curlew cry before dawn And the eddying cat-headed bird; But now the night is gone. Two plays for dancers The shore was a favorable place for the swift-winged shorebirds that all sportsmen love—plover and curlew and their fellows. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery "Shouldn't you love to be a curlew?" said the girl, going to him and putting her arm in his. East Angels He paused at last on his oars, and gave the long shrill curlew call. The School by the Sea This was the most common curlew around Karindingen Island on November 24. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 He had interpreted the varying cries of the curlew, and shown us how intently the gamekeeper listened to them, so that he might know whether man or beast or bird was attracting the watcher's notice. Windyridge From time to time flocks of curlews, herons and other aquatic birds, rise from amidst the reeds that cover the marsh in spots, hover about and fly upward, emitting their plaintive cries. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century Remote winds muttered over the hill-side, and the curlews set up a chorus of chattering. Carnival From the beach below came the long-drawn, monotonous cry of a curlew. The School by the Sea No, it was not a curlew; but I’ve grown so used to the wail of the sea birds, that I don’t know those of my native place. The Sapphire Cross And there he can sleep on, not noticing Although the world be changed from worse to worse, Amid the changeless clamour of the curlew. Seven Poems and a Fragment In fact, one would think that all the ducks, divers, herons, curlews, ibises, cranes, and waders generally had assembled here in mass-meeting. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 A curlew cried through the October night and was answered far down the valley. Carnival The scarlet curlew breeds in innumerable quantities in the muddy islands on the coasts of Pomauron; the egrets and crabiers in the same place. Wanderings in South America In that trance, not unheard, although scarcely noticed, was the cry of the curlew, the murmur of the little moorland burn, or the din, almost like dashing, of the far-off loch. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) There are numerous species in these sheltered channels, inlets and sounds of geese, ducks, swans, cormorants, ibises, bitterns, red-beaks, curlew, snipe, plover and moorhens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" And George took his gun with him, thinking there might be a chance to pick up some shore birds, in the way of snipe or curlew. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida The king in the red moorland Rode on a summer’s day; And the bees hummed, and the curlews Cried beside the way. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) The spur-winged plover, and a species of the curlew, black, with a white bar across the wings, p. 81nearly as large again as the scarlet curlew on the sea-coast, frequently rise before you. Wanderings in South America Around my windmill, everything is sunshine and music; I have wind orchestras of wheatears, bands of blue-tits, and choirs of curlews from morning to midday. Letters from my Windmill Crickets sang and curlews cried in the meadow, and the long ghostly hoot of an owl trembled through the motionless air. Angelot A Story of the First Empire The gulls and petrels form another association—the order Gaviæ; while the plovers, snipes, curlews, peewits, turnstones, &c., constitute the order Limicolæ. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 A few years ago this was considered the most abundant of the curlews, but so persistently have they been hunted that they are now practically exterminated. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. All along the coast, opposite the Constable, and indeed on every uncultivated part of it to windward and leeward, are seen innumerable quantities of snow-white egrets, scarlet curlews, spoonbills, and flamingos. Wanderings in South America There was hardly a sound to be heard; a fading fife, a curlew calling amongst the lavender, and a tinkle of mules' bells from somewhere along the track. Letters from my Windmill Plover and curlew fly not over my house, Do not speak, wild barnacle, passing over this mountain. Changing Winds A Novel The sky was somber overhead; scarred fell and towering pike had faded to blurs of dingy gray, and the ghostly whistling of curlew emphasized the emptiness of the darkening moor. Thurston of Orchard Valley Now and then plover and curlew cried, a half-moon hung in the west, and the black hills rose out of fleecy mist. Partners of the Out-Trail But the blessed wings of the gulls and curlews, the eider-ducks and the ravens, bore them to their Master in his retreat. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts From the midst of some wet wild vines, a couple of curlews fly off noisily…. Letters from my Windmill Yellow sand, gray rocks and bushes, and above a curlew circling, with long beak outstretched before, and long, red legs stretched out behind. The Ranch at the Wolverine The call of the curlew seemed more mournful, the crying of lapwing rose from the meadow land, and she started at a hollow hoot as an owl swept by on muffled wing. Thurston of Orchard Valley The wild cry of a curlew came out of the dark and red-shanks were whistling in the distance. Partners of the Out-Trail He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlew,note From crag to crag the signal flew. Lady of the Lake Well, here's the platform, here's the proper place: Hail to your purlieus, All ye highfliers of the feathered race,135 Swallows and curlews! Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning The mist hangs over the passes, The mist hangs over the moors, And the eerie cry of the curlew It quavers and endures. Sprays of Shamrock She had turned a little away as though to watch a screaming curlew fly low down and vanish in the fog. The New Tenant Its double note is the opposite of the curlew, since the first syllable is dwelt upon and the second sharp. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Swimming birds speckled the surface; various species of Anatidae—swans, geese, and ducks,—while the air was filled with flights of gulls and curlews, or was cut by the strong whistling wings of the mallards. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West The meres and marshes have the silence of long dead years resting upon them, save where the breeze stirs the riverside reeds or a curlew cries above the ooze flats. George Borrow in East Anglia As the tide ebbed the birds arrived—tall storks, fishing eagles, gulls, curlew, plover, godwits, and many others we did not know. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak Dunlin, curlew, oyster-catchers, or gulls, left a gully just before I knew I was headed off again. Waiting for Daylight It might as well be a curlew at once, for it will always be a curlew to country people. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia The curlew has recently been seen during a whole season, doubtless nesting somewhere in the neighbourhood, though the nest has not been found. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter The woods of Lithuania I would tread Where happy-throated birds sing songs I know; Above the trembling marshland I would go Where chill-winged curlews dip and call o'er head. Sonnets from the Crimea For days the curlews, circling high above the marsh, watched him snaking driftwood from the beach up the crooked stream to the point at the forks. A Village of Vagabonds One of the men gave vent to a low whistle resembling the call of a curlew. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War He had heard of Yeats at Plato, but never had he known crying curlew and misty mere and the fluttering wings of Love till now. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life The bird’s captured by net were dunlins, knots, ruffs, reeves, red-shanks, lapwings, golden plovers, curlews, godwits, etc. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter At that instant the curlew shot over her head with its deep, mournful cry. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time I had lain at high tide in a sand-pit at the edge of the open sea beyond the dunes, waiting for chance shots at curlew and snipe. A Village of Vagabonds Among the birds may be noted swan, geese, duck, curlew, mallard, snipe, plover, ptarmigan,—90 species of birds, in fact, 54 of which are wildfowl. A Girl's Ride in Iceland A curlew circled low down overhead, calling again and again as if striving to convey some insistent message that none would understand. The Long Trick Port George III. was the first reached, where ducks, curlews, swans, fish, and oysters abounded; but no communication could be opened with the natives, although a recently abandoned village of some twenty huts was seen. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Playing in the gorse and the ling together, and the daisies and the buttercups—and then the curlews whistling and the river singing like music, and the bees ahumoning—aw, terr'ble sweet and nice. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon The marsh lay in the twilight, the curlews were passing overhead bound for a distant mud flat for the night. A Village of Vagabonds I heard the outer world from which I had come only as the whistle of a curlew. Old Junk In the ensuing silence the cry of the curlew again became audible, this time out of the peace of the misty hills, gently persistent. The Long Trick In the marshes the curlew, sea lark, a species of snipe, and ducks were to be found. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century My sportsmanship was never of the most zealous order, and my success on this occasion did not add much to the mortality of the curlews. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Then silence again, save for the long-drawn wail of a curlew. The Call Of The South 1908 It surprises us at this utmost distance from the maritime border to see flocks of Arctic gulls circling around the low sand-hills, and sickle-bill curlews wheeling high in air above their broods. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 The voice of women, shrill and clear As screaming curlews, smote the ear, As from a thousand voices rose The shriek that tells of woman's woes. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Terms of a Carver: Slice brawn, spoil a hen, unbrace a mallard, untache a curlew, border a pasty, thigh small birds, splat a pike, fin a chub, barb a lobster. Early English Meals and Manners Orders flew from Bucks like curlews, for it was more essential than ever to open the hill speedily. The Daughter of a Magnate No hint of dawn was yet in the air, though curlews were calling from the meadows by the lake. A harum-scarum schoolgirl He pointed out the herons, curlew, cranes, paroquets, and other birds. Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida The swan and Sáras thronged each bay With curlews, ducks, and divers gay, Where the sea spray rose soft and white O'er rocks of glossy lazulite. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The curlews, which pass the summer in New Zealand and the remainder of the year in islands of the Pacific Ocean, are of the species Numenius cyanopus. Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects I have shot a few jackrabbits and curlews, with the rifle; and I also killed eight rattlesnakes. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands If you start about half-past two or a quarter to three, you get in amongst them; and the first thing you hear is the whistle, quick, and sharp, and yet far away, of the curlews. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols The scarlet curlew breeds in innumerable quantities in the muddy islands on the coasts of Pomauron; the egrets in the same place. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure From brake and dell on every side The curlew and the peacock cried, And flocks of screaming parrots made Shrill music in the bloomy shade. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The bird life on this body of water and its shores is represented by swans, geese, ducks, cranes, pelicans, curlews, herons, plovers, and snipe. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania There were also innumerable plovers, snipes, curlews, herons, and other smaller birds. In the Wilds of Africa Whiles, as we ran, a curlew would rise, and its long whirling cry rose in the night, filling the ears and leaving an emptiness afterwards in the silence, for things not canny to be filling. The McBrides A Romance of Arran All along the coast are seen innumerable quantities of snow-white egrets, scarlet curlews, spoonbills, and flamingoes. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure See how the dewy tears they weep The barley, wheat, and woodland steep, Where, as the sun goes up the sky, The curlew and the sáras cry. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse He sailed by way of Iceland, where "fresh fish and dainty fowl, partridges, curlew, plover, teale, and goose" much refreshed the already discontented crews, and the hot baths of Iceland delighted them. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole So they were silent as they rode over this green-and-violet moor, over which the curlew flew wailingly, as if complaining of this breach of their solitude. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden Pheasant, partridge, woodcock, and quail abounded, plover, snipe, and curlew were in the marsh-woods; in fact, in Virginia every bird familiar to Englishmen at home was found save peacock and domestic fowl. Home Life in Colonial Days They were practically stark naked, but fat as curlews, being full of wild berries with which their bodies were stained bright blues and reds. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Close by the bank he saw a pair Of curlews sporting fearless there. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse "Could you not give a call, a signal?" he asked; and I had mind of the call I had once taught her, the doleful pipe of the curlew. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn There was only one sound in nature beyond the soughing of the wind in the shrubbery of the Duke's garden, it was the plaintive call of a curlew as it flew over the stable park. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure The curlew, in the early morning, stretches its neck and its wing as it sits on the roost, and utters a long note. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains And your cry would be heard no more than the whinnying of the curlew.... The Wind Bloweth And when the tumult wild they heard, With trembling pinions flew each bird, From tree, from thicket, and from lake, Swan, koïl, curlew, crane, and drake. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The crying of the island curlews coming down each in long plane flight eased his mind. Patsy The flashing wings of gull and curlew were like fairy sails faring to and fro. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Then the squires carried in beautiful white swans on silver platters, and roasted cranes and curlews on plates that glowed like the sun. King Arthur and His Knights And afar off a curlew called, and a grouse crowed in defiance. The Wind Bloweth There swans and ducks and curlews play, And keen-eyed ospreys watch their prey, And from the limpid waves are heard Glad notes of many a water-bird. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse So the two young people travelled in a great loneliness of plovers and curlews and peewits, all singing and calling and whistling their hardest. Patsy The air comes briskly and sweetly off the hills, pure from the elevation, and rustically scented by the upland plants; and even at the toll, you may hear the curlew calling on its mate. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) “It wasn’t a gull, nor a shag, nor a curlew.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea There may be a place by the sea-shore, sparse heather and sandy dunes, and the little waves come chiming, and the curlew calls. The Wind Bloweth There rings the joyous peacock's scream, There stands the curlew by the stream, And holy hermits love to throng Where the sweet waters speed along. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Already out on the face of the moorland the curlews were crying tentatively one to the other. Patsy Far away from the reed beds at the bottom of the gully came the mournful wail of the curlews, and the whimper of the dingoes rose over the ranges. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas For there was a long stretch of mingled coral and sand exposed by the low tide, and perhaps fifty yards distant were two birds—curlews—running toward the boys with nervous, jerky motions. The Pirate Shark By my journal it appears that curlews clamoured on to October 31st, since which I have not seen nor heard any. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 With gentle words of pity she Assuaged her wild despair, E'en as a tender hand might free A curlew from the snare. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse It was an age when the sick were plied with such delicate restoratives as ‘mummy and the flesh of hedge-hogs,’ and tables loaded with such dainties as cranes, lapwings, sea-gulls, bitterns and curlews. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 The cry of the curlews was like a child in pain, and the deep, loud croak of a bullfrog from a water-hole close at hand seemed ominous of disaster. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas Fill the lake with wild-fowl; Fill the marsh with snipe; While on dreary moorlands Lonely curlew pipe. Daily Thoughts selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife Then came silence—deep, heavy silence—broken at last by the cry of a curlew flying across the lonely moor. The Borough Treasurer Then straight, like curlews' cries, upwent The voices of their wild lament, While, as he bade farewell, the crowd Of royal women wept aloud, And through the ample hall's extent. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse From these same lovers of nature I gathered that for the first time in their recollection sea-gulls and curlews had likewise been seen on the banks of the Marne. With Those Who Wait Fill the lake with wild-fowl; Fill the marsh with snipe; While on dreary moorlands Lonely curlew pipe. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 There was something almost dreamlike in this strange procession as it moved on between green earth and blue heaven, with none to see it, as it appeared, but the white-winged curlew which whistled mournfully overhead. The Drummer's Coat The hills with the sweet mournful music were ringing, The curlew and plover in concert were singing; But the melody died 'midst derision and laughter, As the host of ungodly rush'd on to the slaughter. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Fill the lake with wild-fowl; Fill the marsh with snipe; While on dreary moorlands Lonely curlew pipe. Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys The curlews up in the cliffs are shrilly heralding the dawn, or welcoming Boyton, which you please. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Grey plover and curlew scud across the road, a sign of hard weather, and near the rarer homesteads towers the hawk, looking for his prey. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Not that the lowland Moor has not its dead, frosted grace in its winter winding-sheet, and its tender spring charm, when curlews scream over it incessantly. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes The hills with the deep mournful music were ringing, The curlew and plover in concert were singing; But the melody died 'midst derision and laughter, As the hosts of ungodly rushed on to the slaughter. The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation Summer days between Slieve Echtge and the western sea are, however, bringing the plovers and curlews and peewits back to his poetry. Irish Plays and Playwrights I couldn’t hear the curlew—not a note. Krindlesyke As the car jolts along past "Hag's Valley," a dozen curlews take wing, and a little further on the shrill cry of the redshank strikes on the ear. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Ravens, curlews, peewits, a lagging fox or limping hare; such, with the unsensed Spirits of the Earth, will be your company. Lore of Proserpine When great Tatwin's golden voice Bids the listening land rejoice, When great Turkeful rings and rolls Thunder down to trembling souls, Then my notes, like curlews flying, Sinking, falling, lifting, sighing, Softly answer, softly cease. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book In the starlit nights the curlew came in from the sand-bars by twos and threes; I could hear their querulous call as I lay in bed thinking. In Search of the Unknown But come, I’ll set Your chair outside, where you can feel the sun; And hearken to the curlew; and be the first 17 To welcome Jim and Phœbe as man and wife. Krindlesyke Like curlew's wings flapped the white sails of the ship on the blue waters. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Thence we debouched upon the surf-lashed shore, tripped over by the sandpiper and the curlew and roped by the bright-flowered convolvulus. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Wild ducks, woodcocks, fieldfares, and curlews are coming now, besides thrushes, larks, and other small birds. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 The dreary night passed at last, the larks burst into song above her head, and the cry of the curlew was heard on the moors. More Tales of the Ridings When I was young, I liked to hear the whaups Calling to one another down the slacks: And I could whistle, too, like any curlew. Krindlesyke With the duck come demoiselle cranes, curlews, storks, and sandpipers of various species. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Above, where the limestone yields place to the millstone, were the high moors and fells, where grouse, curlews and merlins nested among the heather, and hardy, blue-faced sheep browsed on the mountain herbage. Tales of the Ridings In all this you hear the crying of the wind and the swiftly borne scream of the curlew on it, and you know that lake water will not be far away. Among Famous Books Efter a while shoo lowered t' wand a bit an' pointed to t' moors, an' then, by t' Mess! curlews gat agate o' singin.' More Tales of the Ridings They killed more than two thousand larks, plovers, snipes and curlews. The Makers of Canada: Champlain I heard the woods complaining from afar off, and the whistling curlew as he called overhead made me think of messengers of evil. The Romance of the Coast We are reminded of a signal of Roderick Dhu:— "He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew." McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader I see a fire east of the town—the curlews awake and sound a note of warning. Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling Among these weeds are the sandrush, and nettle in small quantities; the plains are still infested by great numbers of the small birds already mentioned, among whom is the brown curlew. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. And in the morning we shall hear the cry of curlews in the barley-fields. More Translations from the Chinese When the dark grew thicker the wail of the curlews as they called from overhead was strange. The Romance of the Coast As their running feet rang on the steps, softly there sounded through the crypt the plaintive call of the curlew. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century But nothing could be heard—nothing but the night-call of a curlew somewhere on the moor, far to his right. Corporal Sam and Other Stories There are vast quantities of prickly pears, and myriads of grasshoppers, which afford food for a species of curlew which is in great numbers in the plain. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. It was not the austere cry of the curlew who dwells on moors when they are unvisitable by men. The Judge No pass of duck, widgeon, barnacle, or curlew, was unknown to him. Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Quails and curlews are plentiful, but very shy. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island His eagle organ, petering out, Whines like a sick and muted curlew; A plaintive dirge supplants the paean That used to rock the empyrean. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917 The small birds of the plains and the curlew are still abundant: we saw but could not come within gunshot of a large bear. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; Along the sea-sands damp and brown The traveller hastens toward the town, And the tide rises, the tide falls. The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics He listened to the songs of larks, the cries of curlews and lapwings and all the other moorland birds, and became as familiar with each of them as they were with one another. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner In the second were all kinds of game and wild-fowl, roast herons three in a dish, bitterns, cranes, bustards, curlews, dotterels, and pewits. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Again the curlew's call is heard, again the sharp flare-light is seen; but no aid comes. Looking Seaward Again They saw many deer, antelopes, ducks, geese, some beaver, and great traces of their work, and the small birds and curlews as usual. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. And the musk-ox, polar bears and walrus will shrink into narrower and narrower limits, when, under protection, far wider ones might easily support abundance of this big game, together with geese, duck and curlews. Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Supplement to an Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. Before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation in January, 1911 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 Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner And young men will certainly see the end of the Hudsonian and Eskimo curlews very soon, under present conditions. Draft of a Plan for Beginning Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador On dark nights the horn lanterns were seen about the links, the flare-light flashed across the sea, and the curlew's shrill call was heard. Looking Seaward Again Others are launched on an angry sea, When the waves are dashing high, And the wild winds give a ghostly tone, To the curlew's troubled cry. The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl The destruction of geese and curlew does not take place on the Labrador. Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Supplement to an Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. Before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation in January, 1911 We drove before us all the way a white company consisting of a score of gulls, twice as many tern, two oyster catchers and one curlew. A Wanderer in Holland To climb with daring feet some rugged rock, And sit aloft where gulls and curlews flock— And smoke. Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry The thrilling sea winds come and go, and the music of the shells on the beach is whispering as before, but the shrill wail of the curlew is never sounded from knoll to knoll now. Looking Seaward Again The Eskimo curlew is decreasing to the danger point, and the Yellowlegs is following. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 A migrating flight of curlew, snipe, plover or sandpipers is worth much more to the farmer alive than dead. Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador Supplement to an Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. Before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation in January, 1911 Gone with the curlew and the wild duck! The Younger Set It is larger than a pigeon, with the bill black and the feet white, made like those of a curlew. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Darkness fell, and the call of an owl that hooted eerily, or the distant wail of a curlew, alone broke the stillness. Stories of the Border Marches These two curlews should be absolutely closed to all shooting everywhere for several seasons. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 The evening was very calm; he heard a curlew crying far off across the moor, and then raised his head sharply at a quick ringing sound. Carmen's Messenger Well, here's the platform, here's the proper place: Hail to your purlieus, All ye high-flyers of the feathered race, Swallows and curlews! The Poetry Of Robert Browning It was web-footed; had black legs and a black bill, which was long, and not unlike that of a curlew. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time There are some curlew about, and the guillemots are in thousands. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 The first was wild game for the delicate,—bantam larks, curlews, quails, and flying weazels; with a slight sprinkling of pilaus,—capons, pullets, plovers, and garnished with petrels' eggs. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II There was a beat of wings as a flock of wild duck passed overhead when they skirted a reedy pool, and once or twice the wild cry of a curlew came out of the dark. Carmen's Messenger Mr. Young then recollected having noticed similar nocturnal cries from the curlew, but had never before encountered such a formidable flying legion of those birds, screaming in a great variety of keys, amidst mountain echoes. Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850 The curlew is saying good-night to the lapwing on the hill. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 He came to the river, where the curlews floated in the air uttering shrill cries and the ducks quacked. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Drowsy curlews cried plaintively on the further bank, and in one of the bushes on the nearest side a nightingale was trilling loudly, taking no notice of the crowd of officers. The Party Plover were crying about the waste and a curlew's shrill tremolo rang out as it flitted across the leaden sky. Carmen's Messenger New Hampshire: Wild turkey, heath hen, pigeon, whooping crane, Eskimo curlew, upland plover, Labrador duck; woodland caribou, moose. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Evil days have I, Mark no more the antler'd stag, hear the curlew cry. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. In the days that followed Ned gathered oysters, which he found some distance down the river, caught fish and killed several heron and a young curlew with sticks. Dick in the Everglades I saw no quadrupeds in the woods, and almost no birds; but there were some pelicans, gulls, and curlews about the shores and flats. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 The night was full of sounds, but whether earthly; from wildfowl and bittern and curlew, from fox, and badger, and otter; or from the evil spirits of the marsh, I knew not nor cared. A Thane of Wessex New Jersey: Heath hen, wild turkey, pigeon, parrakeet, Eskimo curlew, Labrador duck, snowy egret, whooping crane, sandhill crane, trumpeter swan, pileated woodpecker; gray wolf, black bear, beaver, elk, porcupine, puma. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Along the sea coast and river banks were many birds; gulls, divers or loons, golden plovers, green plovers, curlews, geese, and swans. Pioneers in Canada Land birds were numerous in all parts of the island; and upon the reefs were many curlews, large yellow-spotted plover, king's fishers, sand pipers, red bills, and gulls. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The mud banks are frequented by curlews, gulls, and some lesser birds. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 There were a few ducks, teal, herons, cranes, and a bird named from its bill the Red-bill, upon the lagoons, with some small flights of curlew and plover of a beautiful feather. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 Iowa: Wild turkey, Eskimo curlew, whooping crane, trumpeter swan, white pelican, passenger pigeon; bison, elk, antelope, white-tailed deer, black bear, puma, Canada lynx, gray wolf, beaver, porcupine. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation On Facing Island, our sportsmen found little inland to recompense them for their trouble, except blue mountain parrots and quail; but along the shore, curlews, oystercatchers, and godwits, were plentiful. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 The ponds and lagoons, which are to be found at the back of most of the beaches, are frequented by ducks, teal, herons, red-bills, and some small flights of the curlew and plover. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 There were other things in the box besides the camera: some beautiful pink curlew's wings, a handsomely marked snake skin, and some rare shells that had been picked up on the Gulf coast. Two Little Knights of Kentucky On it were some thousand curlews and gulls, and some pelicans; but all too shy to allow of his approach within musket shot. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 Connecticut: Passenger pigeon, Eskimo curlew, great auk, Labrador duck, upland plover, heath hen, wild turkey; puma, gray wolf, Canada lynx, black bear, elk. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The majority of the names on the list are familiar, but a few—the teal, the curlew, the crane, the stork, and the snipe—appear to be new. Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine I don't like to suggest anything, but the day before we reach the railroad, I think a day's curlew shooting in the sand hills along the Arkansas River might please his highness. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories A great depression seized upon him and made him quite indifferent to the little pleasures of homecoming; of seeing the grass green and velvety and hearing the familiar notes of the meadow-larks and the curlews. The Long Shadow Several flights of large curlews were seen passing over the boat, and resting on the flats in its neighbourhood. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea Louisiana: Passenger pigeon, Carolina parrakeet, Eskimo curlew, flamingo, scarlet ibis, roseate spoonbill; bison, ocelot. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Among the ornithological specimens obtained here was one of the curlew tribe, greatly resembling an ibis, and remarkable for its size. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. Sure enough, the day before we crossed that road, somewhere near the Colorado state line, Pink and Bad Medicine left camp early in the morning for a curlew hunt in the sand hills. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories Above them, the white curlews swooped and curved and opened their pine wood beaks to squawk a prayer for dead fish. What's the Matter with Ireland? The skreel of a hundred curlews arose from the gullies—how I love their lonely wail!—and it was quite dark when we pulled up before the front gate of Caddagat. My Brilliant Career Illinois: Passenger pigeon, whooping crane, Carolina parrakeet, trumpeter swan, snowy egret, Eskimo curlew; bison, elk, white-tailed deer, black bear, puma, Canada lynx. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Among the dainties of the feathered kind, enumerated in this entertainment, Mr. Nichols mentions herons, bitterns, godwites, dotterels, shovelers, curlews, and knots. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832 On one of our first days at sea, I caught a curlew, which came flying on weary wings towards us, and alighted on one of the boats. Views a-foot "That might be done, if the ship had wings like a curlew, or a sea-gull; but, as it is, I think we are more likely to drive her under." The Red Rover Now the curlews are beginning their wild moaning cry. My Brilliant Career Nova Scotia: Labrador duck, Eskimo curlew, passenger pigeon. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation I cannot think what would have happened to me if I had stayed at home the afternoon that the curlew was shot; something would have happened, for we cannot go on always sacrificing ourselves. The Lake The shoals of the river, which at the entrance were very extensive, were covered with large flights of water-fowl; among which curlews and teals were abundant. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 There are wimbrels and curlews that have been shot here during recent years stuffed and hung up in glass cases in old Mr. Peregrine's house. A Cotswold Village In dark wild woods, where the lone owl broods And the dingoes nightly yell— Where the curlew's cry goes floating by, We splitters of shingles dwell. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Common tern, knot, American white pelican, Hudsonian godwit, trumpeter swan, long-billed curlew, snowy heron, Hudsonian curlew, American avocet, prairie sharp-tailed grouse, dowitcher, passenger pigeon. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation And this strangely ill-fated curlew set me thinking if it were a tame bird escaped from captivity, but tame birds lose quickly their instinct of finding food. The Lake There is one lizard and two waders, namely, a snipe and curlew. The Voyage of the Beagle It is well described in Scott's Lady of the Lake: ——"He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag, the signal flew." A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade We are reminded of the signal of Roderick Dhu:— ——"He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill, Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag, the signal flew." The Life of Francis Marion Apparently, that was the beginning of the end of the "dough bird," which was another name for this curlew. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation There was no lonesomeness that night coming home, Gogarty, though a curlew might have felt a bit.' The Lake Now I will say good night, and when the sun sleeps again I will tell you why the curlew's bill is so long and crooked. Indian Why Stories Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire Nesting curlews and plovers were crying everywhere, and the links of green pasture by the streams were dotted with young lambs. The Thirty-Nine Steps White slender-legged curlews flitted by us, and the garnet blooms of the cotton looked gay against the green and purple stalks. The Souls of Black Folk The sickle-billed curlew, of which there were many a few years ago, is becoming scarce. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The air comes briskly and sweetly off the hills, pure from the elevation and rustically scented by the upland plants; and even at the toll, you may hear the curlew calling on its mate. Edinburgh Picturesque Notes Have you ever seen the plains in the morning—a June morning, when the spurred lark soars and sings—when the plover calls, and the curlew pipes his shriller notes to the rising sun? Indian Why Stories Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire There was not a sign or sound of a human being, only the plashing water and the interminable crying of curlews. The Thirty-Nine Steps There are herons, curlews, and even ducks; and the other day I saw four young weasels in a heap, jumping over each other from side to side as they ran. In Flanders Fields and Other Poems South Dakota: Whooping crane, trumpeter swan, pigeon, long-billed curlew; bison, elk, mule deer, mountain sheep. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation And the bell-bird in the ranges — but his 'silver chime' is harsh When it's heard beside the solo of the curlew in the marsh. In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses Great numbers of eagles, vultures, hawks, bustards and other birds of prey are met with; and partridges, duck, teal, guinea-fowl, sand-grouse, curlews, woodcock, snipe, pigeons, thrushes and swallows are very plentiful. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It was shining blue weather, with a constantly changing prospect of brown hills and far green meadows, and a continual sound of larks and curlews and falling streams. The Thirty-Nine Steps Gulls and curlews wheeled over the water and dipped their wings in the foam. Freckles If long-billed curlew is not extinct, it seems due to become so. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation They were hushed in the swamp of the Dead Man's Crime, Where the curlews cried; But they reached the river the self-same time, And there they died. In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses At the sound of his gun the birds of the beach—sea-snipe, curlew, plover—showed the whites of their wings for an instant and fell to feeding again. Strong Hearts Then he dressed and turned homeward, glowing, beside a sluggish stream which wound through a waste of heather where the curlew were whistling eerily. Vane of the Timberlands Pelicans and geese and curlews were in uproar, as at a concerted signal. Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship The Eskimo curlew within the last decade has probably been exterminated and the other curlews greatly reduced. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The sad curlews, annunciators of the autumn, had just appeared in a mass in a gray squall, fleeing from the high sea under the threat of approaching tempests. Ramuntcho A flock of sickle-billed curlews stood motionless until they were within fifty yards; then rose and flew just inside the line of the breakers, uttering indescribably weird and lonely cries. The Gray Dawn Stints and ringed plover, golden plover and redshanks were flitting everywhere from island to island on the mud and ooze; curlews were floating and flapping over the "fleets"; and all were in security. The Naturalist on the Thames High overhead gulls were wheeling and tossing like bits of white paper; from some distant marsh a solitary curlew called. The King in Yellow Behold how she has resolutely locked the doors of her empty cage after all these species have flown: Elk, antelope, wild turkey, passenger pigeon, whooping crane, sage grouse, ptarmigan and curlew. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The air was growing sharper, the environment harsher, and already he ceased to hear the cries of the curlews, their rusty-pulley cries, on the rivers beneath. Ramuntcho All along the coast, opposite the Constable, and indeed on every uncultivated part of it to windward and leeward, are seen innumerable quantities of snow-white egrets, scarlet curlews, spoonbills and flamingos. Wanderings in South America It was the starling, reproducing with perfect accuracy the call, as it was used to hear it from the high-flying curlews crossing the valley. The Naturalist on the Thames Saw or found nothing worth notice—the soil is sandy, the shores lined with mangrove trees and inland a little distance we found gum trees and the palm; a few curlews and redbills were shot. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant It happens, however, that these birds resemble each other only in their climbing feet; in the form of their beaks they are as wide apart as are nuthatches, woodpeckers, crows, and curlews. The Naturalist in La Plata The stone curlew, our little bustard with the long wings, big, yellow eyes, and wild voice, still frequents the uncultivated downs, unhappily in diminishing numbers. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs The spur-winged plover and a species of the curlew, black with a white bar across the wings, nearly as large again as the scarlet curlew on the sea- coast, frequently rise before you. Wanderings in South America A curlew was heard flying above, and repeating its cry, but was not discernible. The Naturalist on the Thames The river or estuary, in sight of the doors and windows of the village, was haunted every day by numbers of gulls and curlews. Birds in Town and Village None ever goes that way from choice, for only the crying of the curlew is heard there, or the querulous wailing lapwing. Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools A low, quavering whistle heralds the approach of a nervous curlew, running and pausing, and stamping, its script—an erratic scrawl of fleurs-de-lis—on the easy sand. My Tropic Isle The scarlet curlew breeds in innumerable quantities in the muddy islands on the coasts of Pomauron; the egrets and crabiers in the same place. Wanderings in South America Again the curlew called, the long-drawn notes sounding from exactly the same place in the sky. The Naturalist on the Thames She wander'd o'er the lonely shore, ��The curlew scream'd above, She heard the scream with a sickening heart, ��Much boding on her love. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas Among the many "lang nebbit" birds that follow the same profession as the snipe, some, like the curlew and the ibis, have curved bills of prodigious length. Concerning Animals and Other Matters Round about her she heard swans' and ducks' and curlews' shrieks. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Sooth'd by the murmurs on the sea-beat shore His dun grey plumage floating to the gale, The curlew blends his melancholy wail With those hoarse sounds the rushing waters pour. Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre Besides its own calls, whistles, and song, it reproduces the song of the blackbird and thrush absolutely correctly, and mimics with equal nicety the calls of the curlew, the corncrake, and the jackdaw. The Naturalist on the Thames They were the haunt of vast quantities of widgeon, teal, whistlers, mallard, ducks, snipe, curlew, blue fowl, and the usual varied habitués of an exceptionally good Indian lake. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter The very sounds of life—the whistle of the curlew, the bleating of the mountain sheep—add to the sense of primeval solitude. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough The curlews' hooked bills peeped out from the reeds. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils And when the even was come there came so many curlews that it covered all their lodgings, and on the morn there lay like dew all about in their circuit. Bible Stories and Religious Classics On these the curlews breed, and occasionally fly right over the valley at a great height to the hills above Edenhall, uttering their long, musical call. The Naturalist on the Thames "Dearest!" he said, in so low a voice that, the note of the curlew flying above them sounded loud and shrill by contrast. At Love's Cost In the cloud, where we could not see him, a curlew hung on his heavy wings, and gave forth his low warning whistle. Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories "It's only a curlew calling to his friend," Grizzel said, creeping out of the hollow. The Happy Adventurers Here has been that wild curlew, Bess Ferguson, with an awful tale of how you have gambled and lost an hundred pounds, and half killed an unlucky cousin. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker Again the call was heard, but no curlew seen, though such a large bird must have been visible. The Naturalist on the Thames Do you think young Phoebus ran after Daphne with such a mob at his heels? or that Jove, when he swam up to Leda, headed a whole Nile-flock of ducks, and plover, and curlews? Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face Shilling yachts will ply where I watched the skimming curlew, and new villas will totter on the edge of the ocean and beguile the innocent billows to be house-breakers. Without Prejudice The path from the river led beside the now dusky moor, and the curlew's weird whistle came out of the increasing darkness. The Life of the Fields A curlew flew past me, borne out of the darkness, and its cry made me feel sad and shiver. Stella Fregelius Down by the marshes countless snipe, duck, geese, and curlew tempt the absent sportsman. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance No, it must be the curlew, but at least he would be going home. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Nothing stained the sky above them; a snowy cloud or two drifted up there,—a flight of lapwings now and then—a lone curlew. In Secret No, But you shall hear wind cry and water cry, And curlews cry, and have the peace I longed for. The Countess Cathleen The other day the cute attitudes of a beach curlew interested me, as he stood upon a stone just awash, and ever and anon picked up a crab. Confessions of a Beachcomber Far on the moors a curlew cried out that its soul was lost. The Lilac Sunbonnet A curlew's note broke the silence, wild, mournful, unearthly. Seven Little Australians For the rest of my walk I saw no living thing but one flock of curlews, and a few pipits hiding among the stones. The Aran Islands Beyond, in the moonlit waste, curlews wailing sweetly; behind, a piano barely audible from the humming house.... Sisters A blue heron flapped down beside him, and the curlew skipped off to another rock. Confessions of a Beachcomber The curlews went on wailing, and as if in answer a night owl sent forth his portentous HOOT—HOOT!... Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Away on the flat sound the cries of curlews; past flies a night heron; then the discordant voice of a plover is heard. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia I could hear nothing but a few curlews and other wild-fowl whistling and shrieking in the seaweed, and the low rustling of the waves. The Aran Islands So a distant curlew thrilled him to a more ecstatic melancholy with its call through the moon-transfigured world, and he did not notice it. Sisters Now and then he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din, and, above all, he could hear the continuous earth-shaking thunder of the surf upon the beach. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn For the first time, Lady Bridget heard the wail of the curlew—a long note, weirdly melancholy. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The road ran over sweeps of moorland where curlews wailed, and into lowland pastures dotted with very white, very vocal lambs. Huntingtower Billy listens, an' the yelp comes as cl'ar on his years as the whistle of a curlew. Wolfville At a great distance curlews wailed, only to make the stillness and solitude more exquisite, more profound. Sisters Well, and so we did, and, as well as we could reckon, it was a little past nine when a curlew got up and began crying. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn Not a blade of grass, not a strip of green, enlivened the prospect, and the only sound we heard was the croak of the curlew and the wail of the plover. Letters from High Latitudes Sometimes a string of the vermin would hop past close to the fire, and another time a curlew would come near and screech its ghostly wail, but he never noticed them. On Our Selection Most of the time she was away at the school, and on the Saturday afternoon, when she was free, he went out to the Red Rocks curlew shooting. Beatrice He gazed idly down, listening vaguely to the wailing of a curlew flitting anxiously to and fro above the broken solitude of its green hill. The Return The spurwinged plover and the curlew ran swiftly among the grass, and on a tall dead tree white cockatoos and blue cranes watched the intruders curiously. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn One great gray bird, a gull or curlew, soared aloft in the blue heaven. The Hound of the Baskervilles The passion of the wave is mute; No sound or ocean shock; No music save the trilling flute That marks the curlew flock. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 There is a dead curlew floating about, not ten yards from your boat. Beatrice We spent the evening shooting, and had splendid sport, our bag consisting of ducks of various species, pigeon, spur-winged plover, curlew, sandpipers, etc. Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines They went on into the sedgy grass and the curlew continued to circle, vanishing and reappearing from behind the trees, always uttering those shrill cries. Beyond And when they disappeared, the hooting of the owl, and ghastly "ha! ha!" of the curlew, and the howling of the jackal died away in the far distance, leaving a silence still more oppressive. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance "Flora;" by which juvenescent name his aged Indian handmaid was known, usually announced her presence with an imitation of a curlew's cry: it could not be her. Drift from Two Shores At last, after more than half-an-hour of waiting, he caught sight of the curlew again, but, as bad luck would have it, it was still twenty yards or more from him and in deep water. Beatrice From the cliffs a flight of startled seabirds had risen to circle in the blue, giving tongue to their alarm, the plaintive curlew noisiest of all. Captain Blood Yes, dear, it's a curlew—I wonder what's the matter with it. Beyond That they are not noxious to some animals is plain: for ducks, buzzards, owls, stone curlews, and snakes, eat them, to my knowledge, with impunity. The Natural History of Selborne How the missel thrushes sing in the woods, and the plaintive note of the curlew gives the last touch of mysterious tenderness to the scene. Penelope's Irish Experiences He was trying to shoot curlew as they passed over his hiding-place on their way to the mud banks where they feed further along the coast. Beatrice The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; Along the sea-sands damp and brown The traveller hastens toward the town, And the tide rises, the tide falls. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow They stole back out of the gate close to the linhay, the curlew still fighting and crying behind them. Beyond Dear Sir, The history of the stone curlew, charadrius oedicnemus is as follows. The Natural History of Selborne We also observed a small plover or curlew of a brown color, about the size of a yellow-legged plover or jack-curlew, but of a different species. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 Now if there is a thing in the world which calls for the exercise of man's every faculty it is curlew shooting in a mist. Beatrice Yonder I see the little hermitages Dotting the mountain side with points of light, And here St. Julian's convent, like a nest Of curlews, clinging to some windy cliff. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Meadow larks and curlews and little, pert-eyed ground sparrows called out to them that roundup time was come. The Flying U Ranch By my journal it appears that curlews clamoured on to October the thirty-first; since which I have not seen or heard any. The Natural History of Selborne The small birds of the plains and the curlew are still abundant: we saw a large bear, but could not come within gunshot of him. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 Then at last from miles away comes the faint wild call of curlew on the wing. Beatrice For him the ploughing of those fields A more ethereal harvest yields Than sheaves of grain; Songs flush with Purple bloom the rye, The plover's call, the curlew's cry, Sing in his brain. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Once the swan and wild-fowl glided By those sedges, green and tall; Here the booming bitterns nested; Here we heard the curlews call. An Anthology of Australian Verse The curlews set up a cry from time to time; but they didn't sound so queer and shrill as they mostly do at night. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Nothing could be seen except four or five large curlew, which, with their loud screaming, were wheeling over my head, and now and then alighting upon the prairie. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life What between the shooting and looking for that curlew, and the mist, it never occurred to me that it was getting late. Beatrice A little to the left the rocks ran out in a peak, and he knew from experience that the tide setting towards the shore would carry the curlew past this peak. Beatrice An idea struck him: the canoe or its occupant, if anybody could be insane enough to come out canoeing in such water, might fetch the curlew and save him a swim. Beatrice Presently the hand plunged downwards into the misty waters and the curlew was bagged. Beatrice Hardly have the cartridges been replaced when the wild cry of the curlew is once more heard—quite close this time. Beatrice |
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