The seagull is becoming an object of suspicion among pastoralists ot the back country (says the Lyttelton limes). On s unii' of the stations it is considered that this hitherto unsuspected bird is a rival of the kea as a destroyer of sheep and lambs. His guilt lias not been definitely proved, lint iu many eases ‘where the carcase is there is the seagul yilso.’ Iu the back country there are colonies of seagulls which make their home lS on the riverbeds, and probably never visit the seaside. They pick up their living from the rivers, and in the season they may I e seen following the ploughs and making a royal feast of the worms and grubs which are turned to the top. It is said that the eggs of the inland seagull are much more palatable than licse if its s••a-going sister, as they linv<‘ n me s flavour which is induced- by a fisli dim. The suspicion that a iimit'in or lamb course is taking the place of lish on the menu of the riverbed bird may result in this graceful and picturesque raider becoming de_ cidedlv less popular in the baekbloeks than he has been, in the past.
For Bronchial Coughs, take Woofis’ Great Popperivint Cure
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1921, Page 3
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210Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1921, Page 3
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