GREY WARBLER NESTING
SIGN OF FINE SPRING [liV TELEGHAPn —OWN CORItKSPONDENT] WELLINGTON, Wednesday Early nesting of tho grey warbler, held by the Maori to presage an early and fine spring, is reported by a correspondent of tho Dominion Museum. Ho informs the museum authorities that a half-built nest was observed at Levin in the middlo of July. Tho normal nesting season of the grey warbler is from the end of August, tho bird being the first to nest in spring. Early nesting of this bird, known to the Maoris as Riroriro, and other forest birds, was regarded as a sure sign of fmo weather in August, September and October, as the Maoris believed tho birds to bo too wiso to subject their young to the hazards of cold weather beforo they attained full plumage.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23131, 1 September 1938, Page 12
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134GREY WARBLER NESTING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23131, 1 September 1938, Page 12
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