THE MOREPORK.
To fht Editor of th» Wmklt Nairn. Sir, — Witt you favour me in your paper by informing me jrhat bird your Acclimatisation Sooiety mean by the morepork t The bird which here goes by that name i« » veify small- owl/which surely cannot be so destfncfcire^is your morepork appears to be^tadeedrf£shonia/think quite* narmleas, except perhaps to mice and moth* I think it may mean the karemmwrn, which rery much, resembles the owl about the htad r This bird is similar to the spamwhawk in .Bngland r -and'-p very destractive, and is bold •noogh to attack a fall-grown f owL I hope the poor little owl will not suffer for the likeness to it, and that the Society may saye their shillings. I land you an awetowete.— l ano, t0., , * "" E.O. \Th*ng»nul,|MAy27;iB6^. K * "
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3404, 13 June 1868, Page 5
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133THE MOREPORK. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3404, 13 June 1868, Page 5
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