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DISCOVERY IN TARANAKI THE BLUE WATTLE CROW [by telegraph—own* correspondent] NEW PLYMOUTH. Friday Recently a number of rare native birds have made their appearance in North Taranaki and to-day. a nest of the North Island blue wattle crow, another very rare bird, was discovered. Tho nest was found in a rose-bush in a garden near tho Inglewood Bacon Company's factory. The nest was identified by Mr. W. W. Smith, the well-known naturalist, who stated the blue wattle crow was now very rare. Ho expressed the hope that, should the birds build again, they would not bo disturbed.
The nest is wonderfully well constructed. On tho outside thero are laced together short lengths of twine used in the packing of bacon and ham. Inside this there is a layer of fibre from pungas and tho whole nest is lined with pig-hair. The nest is a little larger than that of the blackbird or thrush.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21698, 13 January 1934, Page 14
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