MYSTERY BIRD
. (Special to THE SUN) CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. A strange bird, which caused great consternation among the native birds at Burnt Hill. West Oxford, has been shot by a boy, Richard Bassett, and forwarded to the Christchurch Museum. It is thought the bird is a species of hawk. It is about the size of a pigeon, the head being similar to a falcon’s, but the colouring is different from that bird, being coppery. It is impossible to say whether the bird is a native of New Zealand or not, as authorities on ornithology have been unable to make any classification.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 28 July 1928, Page 13
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100MYSTERY BIRD Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 28 July 1928, Page 13
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