THE HUIA.
A -FEW SPECIMENS DISCOVERED.
[Press Association.]
WELLINGTON, Dec. 1. Mr. A. Hamilton, Director of the Dominion Museum, received information to-dw-v from Mold, Pa tea district, that" his Maori friends 'have been successful in finding a few huia birds, now ‘rapidly becoming extremely rare. The birds are now nesting, pud no further steps will he taken with regard to their capture until the young birds are fully Hedged. There is now some -hope of preserving the huia, and when specimens'are taken they will be carefully dealt with and liberated on Little Barrier Island', off the North Auckland coast.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2363, 2 December 1908, Page 5
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99THE HUIA. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2363, 2 December 1908, Page 5
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