A writer on New Ze^laij^:,. birds m the Lyttelton Times says : — But , th^rq are night : binds 4liat j are '$, .mystery, to- me* 1 was -iQ.il ce ! ii*j4. h u t •: on :&. lonely range \by vnvjte'elfftßobu-- after I 'Gattile >! out; to iNiqwi: Zealand : it- was agloomv- tempbst.u©us£ niglrt^wheh 1 siiddfeiil^ jusfci above the chimney, a shrieking, |discordant, jubilantly fiendislv. latigh pealed out, which even at this length ,j>f tjrae niqkes lv.y blo:)d,ci;eep when j^ssl ttps<ftiid. i&lieyg;l hhvef heard the bird again once or twice at" a distance, but " never -so horribly < distfei i ' flSh\a( ,1 J Ibelifew*,' • iis» jthc la\i^hin<? o v wl ei aispeciir.en of vhicli . . ° , ° 1 / > ' I I _ . , tin is m the museum. It is about bait as lavgs a<rain as jthc.commono.vl or " lnorcpbi'^- 11 ! and { tv"hieh, h.m jthe large horned.. o^ ojfNorcu Anierjca, "inakes'a sonnd as of a man gasping* m the.ilast.. ejctreo-iitjes ; indeed,! it sppears to be natural to the owl ga^l^^n^'e ?Q|egg#dSt(^i>fed ylells anTgi?oang 7 T , [ ,. \ ...
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Manawatu Standard, Issue 42, 20 January 1885, Page 4
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