House Crow

["Frank Hemmings" <>]

Ok, one bird isn't a plague, but this species can almost be a plague in some 
parts of the world where it is introduced.  When I stayed in Stone Town on 
Zanzibar last year, it seemed that almost the only other non-human land 
species was this bird.  You have to see the numbers of these birds to 
believe it.
And even further afield on the island it has spread into the last forests 
and other natural habitats and has driven other birds to local exitnction, 
notably the native Pied Crow.  This bird is bad news and is one species we 
seriously don't want here.
Frank

(Mr.) Frank Hemmings
Curator
John T. Waterhouse Herbarium
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of New South Wales
UNSW SYDNEY 2052
AUSTRALIA

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