An unusual visitor to Invercargill in the form of a whale bird (Prion Vittiltus) was found in the yard of the police station the other morning (reports the “Times”). A number of sparrows were attacking (he intruder when it was found. 'l’lie bird is about, nine inches long, and is a light blue colour shading to white on the breast. The legs and feet are blue, and the beak is black. The feet, are webbed, and a rudimentary rear toe shows at the heel. The beak is of unusual shape, being about tbree-qulifters of an inch wide at (lie base, with tubular nostrils between the eyes. “Lubritorium” is the name given to the car-lubricating stations now becoming a common feature in the United States. Industrialism from 17-70 onwards has resulted in a form-blind, colour-blind, structure-blind urban population.—Sir C. Grant Robertson.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 85, 4 January 1930, Page 4
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