MUTTON BIRD. This is another protected bird which Maoris are permitted to take in limited numbers for food. Some persons are now scheming to kill these birds for export. If such an outrage is tolerated, the Mutton Bird may share the same fate as the American Passenger Pigeon—now extinct as the result of commercial killing.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 55, 1 February 1940, Page 12
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55MUTTON BIRD. This is another protected bird which Maoris are permitted to take in limited numbers for food. Some persons are now scheming to kill these birds for export. If such an outrage is tolerated, the Mutton Bird may share the same fate as the American Passenger Pigeon—now extinct as the result of commercial killing. Forest and Bird, Issue 55, 1 February 1940, Page 12
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