TUIS IN THE CITY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 266, 10 November 1933, Page 6

TUIS IN THE CITY.

In my letter of July 2<i I drew attention to the great possibilities for enhancing the many charms of this city by attracting tu". and 'bellbirds to' the Domain and other pa*' for every visitor to the Waitakere Ranges If spellbound by the beauty of their clear 1 ton e »'- Probably nobody in Auckland has studied b< ,o life more carefully and critically than »'■ R. A. Falla, ornithologist to the Memory I Museum, and he confirms my claim that ; t" e *. birds can be brought right into the city > the right trees are planted to provide the" with the nectar that all honey-eaters Apparently tuis have some very acute sen* of -■••■.'!, for they have been known to disco«[ plantations of kowhais and other honey.tree? imiles away iirom their usual habitat, and "■ parks in and around Auckland would give tne ideal conditions if these trees were plaUte* even at the loss of a few pinus insignis »» other exotics which have outlived their o* • fulness and beauty. As the birds are a,r . e *|L only a few miles* away, they would [discover the. trees I suggest, 'as soon as «f" are in flower. BIKD LOVBB.