! Says the Wellington " Press ": — Some time ago we mentioned the peculiarity of a seagull in catching sparrows, dipping them in water, and swallowing them. A. still more extraordinary habit has been communicated to us on the very best of authority. In this case a lady owned a sragull and a favourite cat. The cat had kittens, one or two of them were found lying about dead without any apparent cause, untill one day the seaga,l was observed quitely strutting about wnh a with a kitten in its beak towards a dish of water, mfo which he dipped poor kilty and <M his best *t> swallow her, She waa not built that way, however, and alter-repeated attempts and many sousings of hisfvictim tie bird was driven off and the kit ten picked up on the point of expiring fr<:. tn suffocation, i
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2321, 6 January 1890, Page 2
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141Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2321, 6 January 1890, Page 2
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