Re: anachronistic parrot

[Eric Hocking <>]

Just about to finish a biography of John Gould and it gives him credit for
introducing the budgerigar as a pet in London probably around 1841.


Russell Woodford wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, John Penhallurick wrote:
> > An Eastern Rosella made another amazing appearance in a trashy film called
> > "The Golden Child" where it appeared to be a manifestation of some sort of
> > supernatural spirit!
> This was shown a couple of weeks ago in Melbourne - and they gave the
> rosella a weird call - can anyone remember what it was?  Something
> thrush-like, from memory.
>
> Russell Woodford



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