BIRD'S LONG FLIGHT
CROSSING OF TASMAN AUSTRALIAN PLOVER FOUND SHOT IN DARK BY MISTAKE [bt telegraph —OWN" correspondent] CHMSTCHURCH, Thursday A specimen of unusual interest, an Australian spur-winged plover, has been presented to the Canterbury Museum. It is rarely that such birds stray across the Tasman. The bird was brought clown at Lake Ellesinere by Mr. H. King, who mistook it for a cluck in the darkness. It is the second specimen recorded as having been taken in the Dominion, and the fourth to have been observed. The colours of the plumage are black, white and olive-brown. The bird is noticeable for its large, yellow eyes, the fleshy, yellow wattle on the face, and long* crimson legs. The spur, which gives the bird its name, is situated at the bend of the wing.
The bird when shot was in excellent condition.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23072, 24 June 1938, Page 10
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