WELLINGTON.
Nov 1. At a meeting of the Philosophic il Society last night Dr Buller, in remarks on rare spec?es of birds in the colony, said the wattle bird of Australia had been found here. In referring to the kea he said they were increasing rapidly in destructiveness, apparently growing fonder of the fat of sheep. Keas killed from fifteen to twenty thousand sheep annually.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5204, 1 November 1883, Page 2
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