NEW FASHION FOR BIRDS
Cruising is all the fashion, and now birds have taken it up. An oliicer of the steamer Cambridge lias been telling how, when the vessel left London in November, several pigeons, sparrows, finches, and chaffinches found their way aboard. All these little passengers joined the ship between the Thames and St. Catherine's, and five of them stayed on board until the ship completed its 4000-mile voyage to Curacao. Two sparrows, two greenfinches, and a chaffinch stayed to the end. The birds were provided with food and water the sailors. The officers of the ship, who have often made the voyage, say that they have never before had this experience with birds.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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115NEW FASHION FOR BIRDS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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