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steps, and driving in fresli ones as he ascends. Both 

 methods need care, bnt both have been nsed with success. 

 If" the hunter is also a naturalist, and wislies to watch 

 the 3^0 ung 

 Cockatoos 

 being fed, 

 great wari- 

 ness must 1)6 

 exercise d 

 lest the par- 

 ent bird or 

 Inrds should 

 know of his 

 }) r e s e 11 c e. 

 The instant 

 he is d e - 

 tected the 

 mother will 

 fly off swiftly 

 and noise- 

 lessly, and 

 the watcher 

 will h a y e 

 t o m o V e 

 a w^ a y to 

 new ground 

 k n o w i n g 

 that he has 

 postponed p/,,,,,,,™./, j,,] 

 the young 



birds' breakfast or supper (feeding-tiine is early morning 

 and after sundown) — for the meal is not resumed till the 

 intruder has taken himself off. 



LEADBEATEIC S COCKATOO. 



[AV. S. Bekridge, F. Z.S 



