Moreporks are said io l)e leaving their usual haunts in the bush and approaching the towns, where their weird calls are heard at night time (states the Duncdin Star). The reason for this is said to be that the grey owls, recently imported, are making war on the native night birds. The moreporks are being pvicted. It is also stated bv a resident 'in the country that the advent of the grey owls has had no apparent effect in reducing the (locks of small birds which they were intended to destroy. He is inclined to believe that the small birds are perhaps not really the nuisance they are. popularly supposed to be. The destruction they do to crops is probably less than the devastation that would .be wrought by the myriads of insects they destroy.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 278, 3 May 1915, Page 8
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135Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 278, 3 May 1915, Page 8
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