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Dr. Hector found these birds rather plentiful in the snow-mountains of the Otago Province, 

 and so tame that it was easy to knock them over with a stone or other missile. On the level 

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every instance they managed to escape, either by eatuig their way out of the wooden cage, or in 

 some other, unaccountable manner, before reaching their destination. It is to be hoped, however, 

 that some one, having the opportunity, will yet succeed in obtaining a pair of live ones for the 

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so singular a bird deserves. 



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