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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 23, 24 June 1867, Page 146

, The .Blight, Eihu.— We have rec-mtly roticcd extensive flocks of a small lird of the linnet kind, which seem to be of recent arrival from parts unknown,-and we ave informed •by ..pa: ties to whom we have mentioned the. fact, that J lawke’s :Bity i» no' singular in.the pr-sei efi of th l se little grangers,/but that they arc to be sei n

ahricst fperliaps quite) all over this Northern Island of tlie colony, having ; been noticed in..‘Wellington . and Auckland,' Where they have.received;the name of.Tle Blight Bird, from the fact of their destroy, jng 'kU' the blight from the. fruit tree--/ They seem t 6 be of a species quite c'i fi»*<t from the linnet of the Mother Cdu’itny having several peculiarities, amongst.whit k we may mention a ring.of.white round t! e rye, and a different note/ which is, how. ever, of a very'pleasing nature. One of oi:r contemporaries seems to refer to' these birds haiing. probably increased front : afeiv imported nn.d let-loose, in one of. the southern provinces. , Our, contemporary also seems fo regard it as tho Englisli bird, which we arc informed it is not. " They pave powerful and vigilant-enemies in the various g] eei<?a of hawk/which we have 'observed in the act of chasing theui; ..but they cccni to increase and multiply, in spite of all that. If it be Tue that ihe numerous flocks of tliese birds be the'progehy of -imported, birds, wlie her from the home country or. some other,land, t heir increase Appears something wonderful; and .if it fce blso true that they, exterminate; th,e liliglit from'-our fruit trees, they are a blessing in a time-of heed. We trust that the legislature >vLlseefit to protect those bird* froqi,Wanton destruction.;. ; :*Tbb .Osoj iki AtfAjE.rrßy the. arrival yesterday from T'auranga there is jpo further jfew’s t'o liand'irbrri'ppdtifci regarding the tWomisßingmen, ; BnggeahdMdb):e,-^-Kew