OWL PARROT . — Strigops hahroptilus. 
The name given to the curious bird now before us is a very appropriate one 
as the creature seems to partake equally of the natures of the Owl and the 
Parrot. 
Even in its habits it has much of the Owl nature, being as strictly nocturnal 
as any of those birds. During the daytime it conceals in holes, under the stumps 
of trees and similar localities, and seldom being seen except after sunset. 
