HUMMING BIRDS
FLOCK INVADES VESSEL EXHAUSTED BY FLIGHT [from our own correspondent] .SYDNEY, June 20 A flock of about 300 brightlycoloured humming birds took refuge on the British motor-ship Hauraki when the vessel was off the Californian coast on its voyage to Australia. "When the Hauraki arrived at Sydney the chief officer, Mr. P. Ryan, said it was the time chat humming birds migrated from Central America to California. Some of the bird,s fell exhausted on to the decks, and others pecked ravenously at every bright object on the 6hip. Three perched together on the peak of the captain's cap, and pecked at the bright red of the British flag on the badge. Others alighted on the shoulders of members ol' the crew. Most of the birds were killed by a large grey bird which had followed them, or died from exhaustion. None left the boat, alive.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23381, 24 June 1939, Page 17
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147HUMMING BIRDS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23381, 24 June 1939, Page 17
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