A BIRD SANCTUARY.
-jura' on 'Tbb /Mynwriif - (oMbx. w> "obi iaa*o WELLINGTON, April K, in a report furnished to the'Mhristar for Internal Affairs, the Bfla. ft. 1". Bollard, Mr B. E. CUmiton, eatatate of the Gpuland Down* sanetuatjv Helm district, states that kiwia «*»» «UMerably increased in number daring tt* past season. "Besides the kiwi." says M» (Mm ton, "the smaller hard*, fariadißt *»• small yellow-headed parakeet, h«v» increased. The lart-mantioaed bM hat been very ran in this district for the last twenty years. Forty yean apt ty yellow-headed parakeet ea&e to taVdhV trict in v th<Huwnds." The aatfcra xst (kiore) caused neat havoe aawajat tiat young birds. The caretaker mn tfca native rat is again, appearing. Oft as* amlning several of the birds' aeata, a* found rats in them.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18670, 20 April 1926, Page 7
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128A BIRD SANCTUARY. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18670, 20 April 1926, Page 7
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