Fiji Starlings Beware!
p. 139 · Read in the full issue
FIJI’S starlings are on their way out—maybe.
As reported last year, the Fiji Government decided that a colony of starlings on Ono-i-Lau, in the Lau Group, showed signs of becom ing a potential menace to the Fiji fruit industry. An expert arrived
from overseas and considered ways and means of eradicating the pests.
T^e ac^ ual work of eradication is now under way. A number of ground and nest traps have been constructed and will be used by local Fijians until the breeding season later in the year when another expert will be despatched to organise the slaughter on a more extensive scale.