LITTLE OWLS.
DO THEY KILL QUAIL? By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Dunedin, Last Night. At a meeting of the Acclimatisation Society to-day, Mr. Deans (manager) re-, ported the arrival of forty-nine "little, owls" by the Kia Ora. Mr. Cowie ex-1 pressed the opinion that the Society should try to discover whether the owls were doling damage or not. He had been informed that they were tackling quail. Mr. Chis'holm said he could not see how i that could be, as the owl was a nocturnal bird and the quail a day bird. There should ibe a further consignment of 40 or 50 on the sea now. A telegram from the Hon. D. Buddo was read. It gave authority to land the birds on the Kia Ora, ibut the Minister could not undertake to admit further shipments, until it had been proved! that the birds fulfilled the purpose for which they were introduced, and were not destructive to small native ibirds. It was decided to refer the matter to the Game Committee for report.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 119, 27 August 1910, Page 5
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171LITTLE OWLS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 119, 27 August 1910, Page 5
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