PARADISE DUCKS.
During January of this year, while on a visit to the head waters of the Grey River, on the West Coast of the SouthIsland, a party, who are interested in the protection, of our native birds, were surprised to see several clutches of , young paradise duck so tame that they could be approached within a distance of half a chain, as well as many adult birds. The reason for this it was ascertained is that Messrs. Palmer Bros, and Newcombe do not molest the birds nor allow anyone to shoot them on their land. It was indeed pleasing to the visitors to find these young settlers acting in this manner, for it is the exception rather than the rule, in this district, to find cases like this..
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Forest and Bird, Issue 18, 1 August 1929, Page 6
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129PARADISE DUCKS. Forest and Bird, Issue 18, 1 August 1929, Page 6
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