NATIVE PIGEONS
INCREASE IN NORTH A leading authority on native birds in North Auckland, Mr. Frank Holnian, of Whangarei, states that native pigeons are more plentiful in the western hills, overlooking Whangarei, than they have been for .'lO years. For many years native pigeons have been scarce on the mainland, but recently there has been a marked increase. On Tuesday morning Mr. Holman saw a native pigeon bathing in a stream near Rust Lane, a which-.lie has not;seen for the past 40 years." "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22901, 2 December 1937, Page 12
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83NATIVE PIGEONS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22901, 2 December 1937, Page 12
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