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A SHORT note (Proc. Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1933–34) records the presence in a suburb of Sydney of a fine specimen of stone curlew, which has attained a great age for such a bird. He was brought to Sydney in his third year, and by the end of 1934 he will have passed his twenty-ninth birthday; during all the time he has been allowed absolute freedom in the garden. More information regarding this interesting bird would have been welcome. On what has it been fed during these years, for the food of waders is not always easy to obtain? Also, has it ever shown any movements suggestive of a desire to migrate at the proper season?
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Age of a Stone Curlew. Nature 135, 338 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135338d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135338d0