RARE NATIVE BIRDS.
KIWIS SENT TO BAKR_E__ i3y Telegraph—Press __soc_>tioi4 WELLINGTON, this day. Mr. 81. E. Clou_ton, mining engineer, of Kockville. N*el_on district, who, -ri-l-exploring the binterland of his dist-i*. discovered an entire colony of &"_• which are _eoon__g rare in other p-H----of New Zealand, arrived in Weffingtovvith twenty-five big kiwis, which _-> to be liberated at Great Barrier Ibl___ Mr. Clou-ton states th_~ he found** thousand 'big kiwis and k-kapos. --• '!_tter are considered so rare that £80 was recently offered for a pair of them. Xot only were those kiwis and kakapoon the block, but there were _lso dozen" of blue -mountain -trek, s_d_lel-U_-(worth £10 each), New Ze_l_nd robini, w.rens, owl*, look's petrels, keas, kakae, toi, makomakos, wairblers, i-letnen, creepers, Maori hens, fa-tails, tomtits, and pigeons. The block has been gazetted a sanctuary.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 145, 19 June 1915, Page 8
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132RARE NATIVE BIRDS. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 145, 19 June 1915, Page 8
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