BRITISH BIRDS, 
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THE GREAT PLOVER. 
THICK-KNEE’D BUSTARD, STONE CURLEW, NORFOLK 
PLOVER. 
( Charcidrius Oedicnemus, Lin . — Le grand Pluvier , Buff.) 
The length of this bird is about fixteen inches ; 
Its bill is long, yellowilh at the bafe, and black at 
the end ; its eyes and eye-lids are pale yellow ; a- 
bove each eye there is a pale break, and beneath 
one of the fame colour extends to the bill ; the 
throat is white ; head, neck, and all the upper parts 
of the body are of a pale tawny brown, down the 
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