"The natives in the South [of Stewart's Island] trade largely with their brethren in the North, in supplies of the mutton- bird, which they boil down, and pack in its own fat in the large air-bags of sea-weed."
1879. H. <i>n</i>. Moselep `Notes by Naturalist on Challenger, p. 207:
"Besides the prion, there is the `mutton-bird' of the whalers (<i>AEstrelata lessoni</i>), a large Procellanid, as big as a pigeon, white and brown and grey in colour."
1880. Garnet Walch, `Victoria in 1880,' p. 49:
"The crest of the Cape [Wollomai] is a favourite haunt of those elegant but prosaically-named sea-fowl, the `mutton-birds.'. . One of the sports of the neighbourhood is `mutton-birding.'
1888. A. Reischek, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,' vol. xxi. art. xlix. p. 378:
"Passing through Foveaux Strait, clothed with romantic little islands, we disturbed numerous flocks of mutton-birds (<i>Puffinus tristis</i>), which were playing, feeding, or sleeping on the water."
1891. `The Australasian,' Nov. 14, p. 963, col. 1 (`A Lady in the Kermadecs'):
"The mutton-birds and burrowers come to the island in millions in the breeding season, and the nesting-place of the burrowers is very like a rabbit-warren; while the mutton-bird is content with a few twigs to do duty for a nest."
1891. Rev. J. Stack, `Report of Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science,' vol. iii. p. 379: