MARINE BIRDS
On Thursday evening, at the Psychology Club, Mr L. E. Richdale gave an address on “ The Behaviour of Birds.” The speaker pointed out that owing to van dalism and the destruction of bush, the yellow-eyed penguin was rapidly disappearing from the Otago Peninsula. He said that there existed amongst these birds a marked individuality. The spotted shag, which lived at sea or on coastal cliffs, although protected by law. was often shot in ignorance. This bird was remarkable for its marvellous changes in plumage and had Its nesting places on precarious cliffs Th re were 10 different varieties of shags. New Zealand having a larger number of the spotted type than any other country. The Otago Peninsula, the speaker said, was the only place in the world where the Royal Albatross Which stood some three feet three inches high, nested near to civilisation. There were, altogether, three species of albatross. the one known in Dunedin being the Chatham Islands type. Mr Richdale detailed the feeding, moulting and breeding habits of these marine birds, and pointed out the necessity for their protection.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24629, 10 June 1941, Page 3
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