When one oF the small ofliecs at the Colombo road saleyards in Masterton was opened, after being closed for a fortnight, an almost dead starling (states the Age) struggled out into tiie fresh air. The door of tiie Imt was strewn with tile dead bodies of seventeen starlings and a sparrow or two. They had evidently gained admission down the chimney and through a small aperture in the range, and •being unable to find their way ont again, had died of starvation
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2496, 21 October 1922, Page 1
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82Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2496, 21 October 1922, Page 1
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