Australian pratincole the tone rising then falling rapidly. Far-contact call- plaintive down-slurred 'tuwhee'. This call is used between mates from the ground near nest and also used to call chicks. Greeting call- gently trilled 'pree' or short phrase 'pree-pree-pippip-pip' which is used during courtship display and when flying to mate. Alarm call- loud sharp notes in increasing intensity 'WIT-itit', 'Weetle-itit' and 'wee-WIT-ititit'. Accompanied at times by distraction displays. Australian pratincole The Australian pratincole ("Stiltia isabella") is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae. It breeds in Australia's interior; it winters to northern and eastern parts of the island, Indonesia and New
Bucca (mythological creature) in Cornish tin mines, granting wishes in exchange for food (see knockers). Bucca (mythological creature) Bucca is a male sea-spirit in Cornish folklore - a merman- that inhabited mines and coastal communities as a hobgoblin during storms. The mythological creature is a type of water spirit likely related to the Púca from Irish and Welsh folklore and the female mari-morgans - a type of mermaid from Welsh and Breton mythology. Rev W. S. Lach-Szyrma, one 19th-century writer on Cornish antiquities, suggested the Bucca had originally been an ancient pagan deity of the sea such as Irish Nechtan or British Nodens,