TALKING BIRDS
In the weekly case at the Otago Museum are shown four birds of different species which have been trained to speak. Three of these pets are Australian birds—the white cockatoo, which has been known to live to the age of 100 years; the magpie, which is becoming acclimatised in New Zealand; and the ordinary budgerigar The fourth bird, the tui, a native of New Zealand, is now protected, and may not be kept in captivity. It was formerly a pet of the Maoris ’"tm. after clipping its tongue, used to teach it to spec
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25562, 15 June 1944, Page 2
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96TALKING BIRDS Otago Daily Times, Issue 25562, 15 June 1944, Page 2
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