BLACK SWANS.
(BX TELBdBAPH—SPECIAL .COBBISFONDBtrr.) •'. Chrlstohureh, April 2-4 v; Some ..wonderful • stories are told m'regard ; ;to the' number •,;-of ; ,'blaok swans at the Chatham Islands. These birds wore introduced on tho islands about fifteen years ago, and they are now present in countless numbers. , A- gentleman who visited : - .recently, was , told by another visitor that 'he had seen the birds sitting ,nine deep in a gi'eat continuous line, several miles long.' It 13 stated ,that last year 20,000 swans' eggs wore exported from tho Chatbams to Now Zealand. .... - ■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 6
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88BLACK SWANS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 6
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