BIRD IN DIFFICULTIES
(Per Pres* Association.) WELLINGTON, this day'. A young dove petrel seen in difficulties in the water near the wharves on Saturday was picked up by a boat lowered from the scow Talisman and found to lie covered with fuel oil. It was in such a stato that it was impossible for it to rise. It was taken to the Dominion Museum authorities and duriii.r the week-end the oil was cleaned off! The Itird is being fed and cared for until able to fend for itself if liberated.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18180, 30 August 1933, Page 8
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90BIRD IN DIFFICULTIES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18180, 30 August 1933, Page 8
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