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of Réunion, Nestor productus of Phillip Island, and W. norfolcensis 
of Norfolk Island, only a few specimens exist, and those in 
collections; Palaeornis exsul of Rodriguez and Conurus pertinax 
of St. Thomas in the West Indies are verging upon extinction. <A 
Macaw seems to have disappeared from Jamaica, and six Parrots 
from Guadeloupe and Martinique. 
The sexes of all the species described below are alike, unless 
otherwise stated, the young being commonly duller. 
Fam. III. Psittacidae.—Sub-fam. 1. Stringopinae.—Stringops 
Fie. 73.—Kakapo. Stringops habroptilus. xt. (From Nature. ) 
habroptilus, the Kakapo or Tarapo of New Zealand, has sap-green 
upper parts, with yellow middles to the feathers and transverse 
brown markings; yellower lower surface; and browner cheeks, 
remiges, and rectrices. The soft plumage, the disc of feathers 
round the eye, and the nocturnal habits have given this bird the 
name Owl-Parrot. During the day it usually hides in holes near 
the ground, emerging towards evening to feed greedily on mosses, 
bracken, seeds, berries, such as those of Coriaria sarmentosa, and 
even lizards ; while the companies make tracks a foot or more wide 
across the herbage. The Kakapo inhabits alpine districts or open 
