The Mina.
The Mina, one of the Crackle species of birds, found in tropical and sub - tropical countries, excels all other birds or animals in its imitative powers, and particularly in the imitation of human speech. When domesticated these birds far excel the parrots, both in picking up the words and speech of those by whom they are surrounded, and in the distinctness with whioh they speak the words and sentences learnt.
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Opunake Times, Volume XXI, Issue 749, 20 June 1905, Page 4
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72The Mina. Opunake Times, Volume XXI, Issue 749, 20 June 1905, Page 4
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