Junior Along the Track Bay of Plenty
Another bird that has visited our place is the kereru or native pigeon. In 1945 two birds came, and in 1946 and 1947 one came, between August and December, staying for about three months. It has a greeny-brown back, a touch of orange on the head, a greyish-brown tail, and a white chest. It is very tame. The bird feeds on the puriri berries, the trees of which are about fifty feet high. Its call was a pigeon-like “00-oo !”-—(I.R., 13 years.) (2/6 will be sent for each item published under Junior “Along the Track.” We would like you to give your age when you write, but we do not insist.) .
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Forest and Bird, Issue 96, 1 May 1950, Page 15
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