Many years ago, when stationed (as E.M.) at Wanganui, I received, through the good offices 

 of Hoani Meihana Te Eangiotu, the chief man of the Eangitane tribe, two living pairs of the 

 Paradise Duck from the Upper Manawatu. They were then in the young plumage of the first 

 year; but in due time they assumed the full livery, and for a considerable period they were 

 inhabitants of my garden in Victoria Avenue. In 1865 Sir George Grey, the then Governor, 

 came up to the district to lead the Colonial forces against the famous Weraroa Pa, during which 

 operations I had the privilege of serving as a volunteer on His Excellency's staff. When 

 Sir George Grey was leaving, seeing how much he admired the birds, I begged his acceptance of 

 them. They were immediately sent north to the Island of Kawau, where they bred freely, 

 becoming in the end quite an attractive feature in this subsequent home of the "Great Proconsul." 



In the British Museum there is a specimen of this Paradise Duck, which is said to have 

 been obtained at Brisbane in July by Messrs. Cockrell & Thorpe. If authentic, this was no 

 doubt a straggler from New Zealand. 



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THE BOWEN FALLS, MILFORD SOUKD 540 FEET HIGH. 



