DR. BULLER ON THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALASIA.
Wellington, This day. At a meeting of the Philosophical Society last evening Dr. Buller, in some remarks on the rare species of birds in the colony, said the wattle bird of Australia had been found here. Referring to the kea he said they were increasing rapidly in destructiveness apparently growing fonder of the fat of sheep. The keas killed from 15,000 to 20,000 sheep annually.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3836, 1 November 1883, Page 3
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