THE HABITS OF THE SEA.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 94, 20 April 1906, Page 3

THE HABITS OF THE SEA.

„ fßy Telegraph.—Own •*^A .- The latest cotvtribpfcion sion regarding the destrneGx* -teHSfe -■& .=the..-kea: cotties. fnon» 3fr ci? "The Press" staff. When "in .'North Otagotbe we**: before sastts£ captured a kea by stuouqg * witfc « stick. - The bird was. tept a**st cam P .f°r Several days, asm it ate xaafrv ily," "being most partia* t» '. tat, its Seal;. meal the day after captwne benqg boom* kidney fat taken from a stag, ft -asm intended to bring the herdThcwe.' afiofe* but unfortunately a ferret one. night. When ln-the' distort JBrj Sardcastle : :_made inquiries '.«: -baT tfcss alleged sheep kffiingTh«bifa7bf and- found that the statements nade wcently were fidly confinsed. He yam also informed .that some years .ago man w ; as kitted by a fail js. the ranges .north of Lake iVSasnpba. Ai large .party went o*t to reesawr ytb* . body, on which were fouori a nombsr-af ; keas. The roan's cJotfcM^flasiTbeeii toot. i open, sand both kidneys -.bad: . /besmzt**moved. Mr Hardcastle's informantwm. the gentleman who was' in.--'.party. - Owing to the -rough nafcane eff the country they' had to bury/the hotly: I where it was found. 1 • SlvoTtty7beffe(se; §£- ing south Mr Hardcastle was toSd by as* - :- :eyeof. ; ycitness : a kea attacking, a-p*ek mule that was tethered close to a eaanp, and the animal could only drive tlie bird off his back by lying: down and Three years ago, in ' The Dingle, AH- Hardcastle. and; a c«b»panidn disturbed a of Tkeas ttafc were at the carcase of a.'stagkilled that day by another member/ of : the party.7 jfc. was found that the birds bad.bear polling at the-flesh upon tße: ne* of the* stag, from which the head aad-ekkr-isijft been removed. •■■- ..••■• T- ' * . .«i