THE NIGHTINGALE.
• I f. hllo J nel " may rest assured that the nightingale recently heard singing near Mount Jidon is not the only survivor. Somewhere on the ground at the foot of a low bush the mate of the nightingale sits on her four or five olive-brown eggs, and he sings to cheer her as the long hours pass slowly away. Strange to say, the nightingale's voice breaks soon after the eggs are hatched, and from then until the following spring he cannot sing at all, but can only utter a kind of low whistle followed by a croak which is not unlike that of a frog. Later on one may hear many nightingales singing round about Auckland. Devonport. ALICE WESTON".
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 262, 5 November 1929, Page 6
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121THE NIGHTINGALE. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 262, 5 November 1929, Page 6
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