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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 17 June 1924, Page 7

The majority of -eopie are probably unaware that the colouring of some birds’ plumage is .not- absolutely permanent. This interesting fact was mentioned by Professor Johnson in his address to ''Cojnur in Nature” at Auckland. After a prolonged bath, or a heavy deluge of rain, he said, the pink colouring on a parrot’s head often ‘‘ran/’ and the feathers would look very washed out and bedraggled for some time afterwards. This washing out.of colour often produced some very queer effects, continued the lecturer, who greatly amused his audience by his suggestion ns to the human hair suffered the same disability as that of bird plumage when exposed to over-long immersion," or to a shower of rain.