CURLEW

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 31

The name of a large species of plover, the JEdicnemus crepitans of Temminck. It appears in England at the latter end of April; frequents open hilly situations; makes no nest, but lays two eggs on the bare ground; and emigrates in small flocks about the end of September. [s. 1198]