BIRD MONTH
THE TRAGEDY OF A TUI. ‘ Where T live it is a constant delight to watch, from the breakfast room window, the birds in the garden. There I are not many trees in our suburb but iwe are rather. fortunate in having a rather extensive plantation of shrubs, which harbour birds of all kinds. j We used to have a pair of tuis. I One morning we were watching the cock bird washing himself by fluttering against the dew laden leaves of a tree. What a time ho was having and what a pretty sight it made. Suddenly he flew off in haste and 1 wo saw a tabby cat slink away. | “The horrible brute,” I said to my i husband. J Later that day we found the dead ■ torn body of a tui in the garden. His i mate too was gone. And now we have no tuis. That is I the work of the cat. | But now we have no cats, not even i neighbouring cats. That is the work of my husband.
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Grey River Argus, 11 August 1931, Page 8
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176BIRD MONTH Grey River Argus, 11 August 1931, Page 8
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