The harrier hawk has been greatly misunderstood owing to want of more close study of its habits, says Mr E. T. Frost, of Kaitaia, in “Forest and Bird.” One shot recently was examined and its crop was found to be full of grasshoppers, large moths, crickets, and other leaf-destroying insects—not a sign of a feather. In the incubating season rats and mice form the principal food of hawks.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 March 1943, Page 3
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68Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 March 1943, Page 3
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