TUIS AND BELLBIRDS
INCREASE IN THE SOUTH
Whether it is due to the campaign against the German owl or io natural increase through favourable conditions, a former Dunedin resident, who returned to Dunedin after an absence of 18 months, states that, there is a pronounced increase in the number of bellbivds and Inis, especially in the Jtoslyn and Maori Hill sections of the, Town Pelt. “The other day,” be said, ‘‘l listened to the, beautiful notes of these songsters in private gardens in Newington avenue and other parts- of the hill suburb, and the thought occurred to me that. Dunedin must be unique as a city lor the richness of its native bird lile. To my mind, the tuis comprise one of the chief charms’ of this city.” lit the part of Central Otago where he lived, about eight miles south of Alexandra, the German owl nourished in large numbers, and tlm presence, of a lui or bellbivd was alwavs an. occasion for comment.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19098, 20 August 1936, Page 15
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164TUIS AND BELLBIRDS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19098, 20 August 1936, Page 15
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