NEW SPECIES
SHAG IN SOUTH CANTERBURY BIRDS FROM THE ISLANDS A iicav species, of shag has been reported in South said Mr J. Stevens at a recent meeting of the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society at Tc muka. Mr Stevens said that, from the description given by persons: Avho brought the heads to him to receiA T e the bounty, the shags Avcrc smaller than the usual black shag and CAddently belong to a different species.. It Avas possible that the birds had come from some of the Pacific Islands.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 85, 27 June 1944, Page 6
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89NEW SPECIES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 85, 27 June 1944, Page 6
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