Jan. ii, 1908.] 
n% ! S , tH fi m °, St t i . m P° rtan . t thing about them. 
It dictates their habits, and if we had been better 
informed m that department we would not have 
made so many blunders. See how much we un¬ 
derestimated the ability of the weasels. We thought 
1 ifc' 11 1 f °t° ft enou Sh to go struggling with rab¬ 
bits, but the weasels knew too much for that 
and for 11s too it appears. I had no idea of 
the sparrows cleverness until I came here; and 
perhaps all the people in New Zealand are still 
without the right idea, and therefore make great 
mistakes in dealing with them. The ability of 
the creatures to adapt their habits to new con¬ 
ditions has cost New Zealand a lot of money 
Young ducks brought up tame would be no 
use to study because they would be ignorant. 
That is why I value this one so much in hopes 
getting a mate for it. y 
The Clever Sparrow. 
There were a few sparrows reared here this 
a / St .i. SeasC l nle two P rev ious seasons a few 
>f them built nests, but I believe a long-tailed 
uckoo robbed them, and then all the sparrows 
'ent away. This last season I did not hear a 
mgle cuckoo anywhere in the sound 
W hen the swarm of sparrows left' here last 
ebruary about a dozen of them remained—prob- 
bly those that were reared here-and whenever 
sowed a little grass seed they would eat it 
’ ° tin it sprouted and pull it up by the 
Jots. After I shot a few of them the others 
"F ai ?- e 1° T c ever t’? at the y were the most diffi- 
a t birds I ever tried to shoot. There was no 
itting near them and when I would be out in 
;?ri? at i he J CouId do a11 the business they re¬ 
tired. And as for trapping them they would 
)t go near any sort of trap or net, so that their 
rn V Ll?h Ih that department must have been 
lahnnt! h 6 ?' however. I got them down 
'Ju ° l 't two when I began to feed the wounded 
C .T u course they soon found the food 
t d h a e iot a of'tb^ 0t ° n , Iy that ’ but went a wav and 
t d a lot of their mates, or sent them a wireless 
1 issage, for now there is a whole party of them 
Ut never came here before at this time of year 
ht y a^ii C T e f ° r the rata hone y or for seeds 
t are all done now. If there is anything in 
r 1i eIeS , S . vibrations that we hear 'so much 
^ birds and many other creatures may 
■ dd PvnT a " about 't lon R ^ and that 
■ if, e x P>ain many of our present mysteries. 
r h a ” f n VentS J* seen ? s that sparrows will soon 
■ her in numbers wherever there is food, even 
> 3 on Pigeon Island. 
■ ™ V !£ US l y When a Pa^y came they used to 
, half e tb P ree d 0VC k thehons 6 and jabber there 
as shv L y; m bUt thlS lot of n ew arrivals 
i» of tb y P iLr i Reese a T nd keep on the f ar 
;. of th e , Ilttle bay, yet I am hardly of? the 
'ch until they are dropping down on the duck’s 
■ d. 1 would sooner have the rats 
parrows will never be checked by hard win- 
■ in this country, but may learn to live in the 
i d a d nb° ‘u 3nd g ° down on the crops 
it thevT H< TT’ tbey have one weak 
\ - hey have not the slightest idea of hid- 
their nests, as so many other birds have 
i even when they are building them they are 
ays carrying straws like flags and making 
•itures r t dC that V he vv 'h° le community of other 
dures knows where the nests are, and also 
In they are ready for robbing. Therefore the 
s 3; ^ t0 b£ against the spar- 
S would be a nest robber such as the lon<r- 
kfor C the's WC nCed n0t expect g et " a 
,-ish h,!; V 5parro 'Y s in a country where they 
ate wbirf fl bere , ls an y country with a mild 
wnS V, he ^ d °- I ? 0t Nourish, it would be 
[ Worth while inquiring closely into the rea- 
uhem ‘w! 6 h°n e ° f f L nd J n .S a harmless check 
do nnt 6 sba t] ot hod >t in the books, for 
sort h ,M,V m ' C 5, attention to questions of 
■ of ’sn P i;if k ?u endIeSS pains vvith the defini- 
I mav seemt e ’ r -V ames and Ossifications. 
-Uhe ntR a tnvia ! m attcr, but it was pro- 
h Snhed er K day to .,'m por t more game birds, 
„ '3 ,eds °m e wild grain for food, and if 
eat it Cd Th that thC spar T°ws would gather 
isman sc o ley are , as mischievous for the 
'nue to L h s ey f Te f u r - he f arrn ers, and will 
■ige matters! ^ ® time ' f We Cannot re ' 
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