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cuttlefish, and soon demolishes a good sized piece. 

 He is a frequent but not a large drinker, taking a few 

 sips after each meal. It is rather amusing to watch 

 him with his toast, after he has eaten two or three 

 pieces, dry as given, with the next he will descend 

 from his perch with it in his mouth, go to the water- 

 vessel and dip it in three or four times, then climb to 

 his perch and quickly eat same apparently with great 

 satisfaction. 



It is also called the Ruffed Parrot. Its native 

 name is Hia-Hia, which resembles its call-note. 



mestiiiG IRotcs for 1906- 



By W. E. Teschemaker, B.A. 



Our Editor having asked me, with ver\^ short 

 notice, to contribute some notes on this subject; I 

 have looked through my note-book of last season to 

 see if I can find anything of sufficient interest. I am 

 afraid that this will be a record, for the most part, of 

 failures, as I have alread\^ written elsewhere about 

 such small successes as fell to my lot in igo6, so it 

 will be unnecessary to refer to the latter again. 



Generally speaking, it is quite easy to write about 

 failures, for every season produces a large crop of 

 them. I have often wondered why this particular 

 hobby should be so barren of results considering the 

 amount of energy and expenditure devoted to it. 

 Perhaps one reason is that we most of us live at such 

 high pressure, in this twentieth centur}^ that we are 

 not able to give the continuous care and attention to 

 it, that is necessary for success. 



Another difficulty, which those of us who live in 



