A Bauer's parrakeet named Jimmy has been seat to the London Zoo owing to excess V zeal as a whistler. Jimmy used to greet the dawn with a selection of popular ditties, but, unfortunately, his owner, being a police sergeant, found these morning concerts somewhat disturbing after night duty. But Jimmy whistles ■more oersistently than ever, and by a coincidence almost suggestive of insolence, his favourite refrain is "If yon want to know the time, ask a policeman!" Jimmy struck up "It's a long, long way t-n Tijv perary" when two khaki-clad visitors apluoacbed his cage.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 52, 2 March 1929, Page 19
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