SPUR-WINGED PLOVER SHOT
A 'fine specimen of spur-winged plover, formerly known as the masked plover, a native bird of South Australia and Tasmania, was shot■= in the Grey Valley during the weekend, * states the Christchurch "Press." The bird, an accidental visitor to the Do-, minion, was handed over to Dr. W. McKay, who intends forwarding it to the Canterbury Museum. The bird is brown, with white under feathers, and has a bright yellow wattle folding across in front to form a mask, apparently lo protect the bird while obtaining its meals of insects. Its present name is derived from a spur or bony-spike at the shoulder of each, wing, used for the purpose of defence. Up till 15 years ago there had been only one other spur-winged plover reported in the Dominion—in the Wanganui district. _.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 82, 4 October 1944, Page 4
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