IMPORTANCE OF BIRDS.
INSECTS' NATURAL ENEMY
The. necessity of having forests for the preservation of birds and the value of tfao birds to the man on the land are. referred to in the latest "Bulletin" (No. 14) Issued by the New Zealand Native Bird Protection Socfcty. The greatest and most active enemy of the man on the land, it is asserted, is the insect pest. Its natural enemy is the bird.- Some birds exact toll of the produce, but the • writer in the "Bulletin" adds: "Pay his wage willingly and reap the reward in lessoned devastating losses by insect and disease pests. Nearly ajll birds feed their young on insects, and many never eat anything else. , When the white man reached New Zealand it was known as the land of birds. With poison, guns, cats, weasels, rats, etc., and all manner of weapons we have slain the birds.' Now we hear every daj of the fajrmers' hardships and the inroads of pests oil our food supplies."
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 71, 24 March 1928, Page 12
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