Philip,
You need to sharpen your quill once more, I fear. Today's CT (Times2,
p.4-5) covers the same story in more detail and includes the following
fascinating snippet: "One bird, the Swiss parrot, is actually now
threatened" (p.4, col. 2). (I think they're referring to the Swift
Parrot.)
John Brannan
I sent this message to the CT, via
their website just now.
You had a pleasing front page
article (CT 5/11/2005) about the finding of antique and very nice
paintings by First Fleet artist George Raper. Unfortunately you got the
wrong caption on "Regal: A king parrot...". The bird in the picture is
a female Glossy Black-Cockatoo. The King-Parrot is a quite different
looking red and green bird and a common Canberra resident.
Philip Veerman
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