1888 6 45 The local name of this bird, in the neighbourhood of Cape Kidnappers, is ‘Plough Bird’, or ‘Plough Boy’, given on account of its habit of following the farmer's plough.
1898 J. Fox 105 ‘There are mountain birds up here, too’—a polyglot chat was chuckling. ‘Hear that? My Father used to call that the “plough-bird”.’