1 Although a few black swans have been seen at Rotorua recently, these birds, together with the grey duck, are becoming scarce near the town. The lake itself now harbours few, compared with former times, and on most other lakes of the district the case is the same. There are still a few on Rotoiti and Lake Tarawera, but the largest number now surviving are probably on Lake Okataina, where a member of an inspection party counted 135 recently. The decrease in the number of birds, it has been stated, is accounted for mostly by the action of thoughtless members of the public. Invasion by large numbers of persons spoils the nesting grounds of swan, and the robbing of their nests naturally leads to a decrease in their numbers. J
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 October 1939, Page 10
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