Twenty-four years before Dr. G. B. Orbell reported the discovery of the takahe in the Te Anau district, the “Illustrated London News" published a full page drawing in colour of the bird, which it described as a rare bird once thought extinct, but seen recently. The drawing appeared in the issue of September 20, 1924. and the Tetterpressunderneath said the notornis was an exceedingly rare bird of New Zealand, described as “the size of a goose and similar in colour and shape to a water-hen.” The “Illustrated London News” added that one was seen in 1923 at Dusky Sound, in the South Island fiord district, where specimens had previously been captured, the last one as long ago as 1898.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25713, 27 January 1949, Page 4
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119Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25713, 27 January 1949, Page 4
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