Mynahs
p. 81 · Read in the full issue
An Open Season For Mynahs
Because mynah birds are be coming too numerous on Rarotonga legislation has been passed in New Zealand and in the Cooks permit ting them to be removed from the list of protected birds for the year ending February 28, 1959. The open season applies to Rarotonga Island only and not to other islands.
Under normal circumstances the birds are considered to be more destructive of orchard and garden pests than of produce, but when the mynah population density rises, the balance is disturbed.