PROTECTION OF BIRDS.
PLEA FOR INDIAN MINAH. ENEMY OF PARASITES. That the Indian minah is deserving of protection in the Dominion as it, perches upon the backs of cattle and sheep and removes lice, tic'is and other parasites, was an opinion expressed at a meeting of the executive of the New Zealand Native Bird Protection Society in Wellington last week. Mr. J. Graham, of Hastings, wroto stating that the Hawko's Bay Agricultural "and Pastoral Society, of which he was a member, offered a prize, donated by the Fruitgrowers' Association, for the largest collection of blackbirds, thrushes and minahs' eggs. He thought it was a serious mistake to encourage the stamping out of the minah, which accounted for numbers of insects. It was decided to write to the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society, asking them to remove minahs' eggs from the competition.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21137, 21 March 1932, Page 11
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