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The Double-stripe Thicknee, 
the aviary, as one day I saw it with a very large field mouse in 
its bill, which, however, eventually escaped. 
My bird came from Brazil, but I can't find anything aboui 
it in any of my books; its habitat is probably on the more open 
photo IV. Shore Baily. 
Pouble-striped Tliicknee Wading. 
plains, or on the sandy areas at the back of the fore-shore. 
Our Thicknee breeds upon the downs here, but its nocturnal 
habits prevent it from being often seen by the ordinary 
observer. Two years ago I saw one upon the Warminster Golf 
Links. There were tlvVty or forty people playing at the time, 
but the bird appeared to be very little disturbed by them. It 
let me approach within thirty yards, and was, I think, a bird qf 
