NATURE NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20260, 31 July 1937, Page 21 (Supplement)

NATURE NOTES.

SOUTH ISLAND TOMTIT. This Is an elegant little bird which takes up Its abode in garden and orchard. It moves about In a peculiar fitful manner. and In the early morn utters a prolonged trilling note, very sweet and plaintive. Throughout the day and often tit late In the evening. It utters, at rrequen/ Intervals, a soft note like the wordi “ Willoughby ” repeated several times. A peculiar attitude in which It appears t« delight, i< t" cling by its tiny fast to th« upright pole or tree or other perpendicular surface. —lda Blade. HUNTING EAGLES. A Texas marksman hunted by aeropTan a flock of eagles that had been carrylui off a dozen sheep a day. The hunt wal a complete success, five of the eaglet having been overtaken and killed. The eagles seemed to pay no atten. tiou to the plane until It was upon theua —Joan riutumer (IS), A SHEEP-KILLER. The ken Is really a beautiful turd: tie measures, on an average. i» inches long. His main colour Is an olive green with a black edge; delicate touches or blue and el low add a bewitching brightness to his body. lie Is a rousm or the parrakects amt a second cousin or the kaka. He can Initiate a cal - mew. and even speak the human language i- a constant dread t<» sheep farmers, who regard httn as a cold-blooded thief. • (Copied.) v—Volla Jsewto» (It),