AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION.
On the morning of October Ist my sister and I happened to rise early, and when we went outside we saw hundreds of birds with backs and wings of dark green, and with breasts striped with dark brown and fawny coloured bars. We were greatly excited. The teacher lived at our place, so we rushed in and called him, and he soon joined us. The birds seemed to be very tired. They were perched on the fences, trees, and sheds, and did not move till we almost touched them. The teacher said that they must have just arrived. Close to the cowshed there was a drain. We got some pieces of sack and started to beat the sides of it, and so disturbed the flies and gnats. The cuckoos flew round and round us, quite close, catching the insects. The poor birds were very hungry. They stayed about for a few hours and then disappeared. Smith, Maunganui, in “N.Z. Children’ Nczvspaper.”
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Forest and Bird, Issue 23, 1 March 1931, Page 14
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164AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION. Forest and Bird, Issue 23, 1 March 1931, Page 14
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