Some interesting exhibits of birds were shown by Sir James Hector, amongst which were two Rosella Parrots.
This gaily coloured bird is a native of Australia, but a few, escaped from captivity, have multiplied in the North Island. In New Zealand the bird is apparently taking to a ground life, with the result that a native variety far less adapted for flight than its Australian progenitor is already being developed. Another curiosity was a sparrow with a deformed beak, the upper mandible being of extraordinary length and curved downwards, giving the head of the bird the appearance of that of a miniature female huia.
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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 34, 1901, Unnumbered Page
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104Acclimatisation of Rosella Parrots in New Zealand Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 34, 1901, Unnumbered Page
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