MAGPIES V. SPARROWS.
The " Australian" of a.'latedate■.'says;': —"Our agricultural Wyaburi Park, observes anJiiiterestinff. circumstance bearinp .upon" tho.'apacroiv naißance. SpaiM-owa ai-e : pi6iitii'ui- : -iri tjio" Gisborno district,: and'hajao!. upon... t'He: Wyabun Park about the homestcdd/^^Tlie-^(ilci- v trees, the hawthorn the:jiyyeovered walls afford oxc^llent;harbor::^fo : r , but thb destructive''littio.: birds ; keep far away in the fields?; fePhimmer* Mcribed 'his immunity.: the pres&nce of the magpies,- whichthe has:. • «ncouraged to make theidioino about his '■ wnidondo'and grounds.; Tlie',,m;vgpio■: 13 ■■■s< Mored bird in Dr ill the employes are expdcted ; to. cultivata ■• friendly;' relations /.with ' favorite;'- • Several Wats are built evoryv;yoar'intjtlio' 1 ■• shubboryand m the adjacent'tre^and;. Lome of the birds who'come;;.to; the.house. ji for food are so tame th;it;(tWey-:• will' : pcc;fa fromamati'shand. Iff as^'lo^qf : tlie ; : not hatred of the. sparrows,' thiitflw Dr Plummor4o;. : ehcpurage'Va/ : , «olony of Australia's. sweetest, -song-V .. birds to settle around, .WyabunVhomei. etead, and he.has been "unexpectedly? jet warded. Sometimes a host;: of...sparr.olvs. will come at night and ro'os'fc.infori.e of.the;' pines, but they leave,,in ftp..morning' before the' magpies arq; ; up..; v This':-fact: adds considerably to the; favorable, reputation which the magpie,'alreii'dyv .enjoys. The English sparrow is having abad'timol of it. Even British-.ornithologjs'ts'.inow': Enounce it as a grain:. and,fruit'■■■■eatinw' and altogether costly hot '%& ■ useful etymological foe it Las' always been; •rcdited with, beiugfr'.rvFarmersV'havo proved wiser than v ornitliologistSr'in'Hhb: long run. ; In-Americafteyeral;-States 1 ; have repealed the laws;protecting:4t, ; ;ana'. it is there undor ban, : ;;;r;;notc;;a Keipo—if any of my. readers are troubled; f Ith Bparrows m vines,,by.;;Sprii]kling'i ; ed, pepper among tha'leaves .thuY;will;£efc: : rid;; of them." ..>.■,■.:.■<■■..■■ .;■■,'.',;..';■,.-"
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2263, 6 April 1886, Page 3
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247MAGPIES V. SPARROWS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2263, 6 April 1886, Page 3
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