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THE KEA. 



Subsequent writers, however, seem entirely to have 

 passed over this clear statement, and in all the popular 

 articles on the subject that I have seen a wrong habitat is 

 given. 



Sir Julius von Haast saw two Keas flying over the Godley 

 Glacier ; but, though he saw Keas several times while 



THE KEA : Hunting for inskct i.arv.'e. 



exploring the alpine country of Canterbury, once only did he 

 meet them in perpetually snow-clad regions and amongst 

 glaciers. 



Another significant fact is that many accounts of sheep 

 killing have come from districts which are situated many miles 

 from the region erroneously described as the Kea's home,. 



Dr. L. Cockayne, in a communication to me, gives what 

 I take to be the Kea's correct habitat. He says " I 

 have observed the Kea in various parts of the Southern 



