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THE KEA:

A NEW ZEALAND PROBLEM

INCLUDING

A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THIS VERY INTERESTING BIRD, ITS HABITAT
AND WAYS, TOGETHER WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE
THEORIES ADVANCED TO EXPLAIN ITS
SHEEP-KILLING PROPENSITIES.

By

GEORGE R. MARRINER, F.R.M.S.

MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALASIAN ORNITHOLOGICAL UNION.

CURATOR, PUBLIC MUSEUM, WANGANUI, NEW ZEALAND.

LATE ASSISTANT IN BIOLOGY, CANTERBURY COLLEGE. CHRISTCHURCH. NEW ZEALAND.

Baby kea with rumpled feathers facing left.

A KEA FLEDGLING


MARRINER BROS. & CO., PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS.

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND,


1908