TOLL OF BIRD LIFE
RESULT OF EARTHQUAKE Native bird lift: in tin- urea of the earthquake which created much dam- ;,,,,, to the West Coast of the South Island suffered a grcnl deal, uceordi„o to a report received by the Minister' iu Infernal Affairs, the .Hon. i . \ do la IVrrellc, from the ranger of I he Stale Keserves at Uoulands Downs, Nelson. , . . Tlie ranker slates: '"I he earthquake tlmt occurred here last June was the means of clearing hundreds ol acres of bush from the mountains by the ffi iv of slips, and the sad part is that t],o toll of native bird life must nave hct*]) terrific However, very little lias happened in the sanctuary, and the bivtls have increased wonderfully, thanks to the good season/'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17230, 9 April 1930, Page 13
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