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Perhaps it is related to the "Norwegian
blue", courtesy of Monty Python.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From:
Andy Burton <>
To:
<>
Date:
Wednesday, 9 July 2003 8:24
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Swiss
Parrot
Hi all,
sounds to me as though someone's
taking the pith out of John Howard.
Andy
In May the
Australian Prime Minister issued a press release
announcing that a large
grant had been given towards the recovery of
the Swiss Parrot Lathamus
helvetica. This caused great excitement in
Switzerland as the existence
of the species had been completely
overlooked. Nevertheless the money
was gratefully stashed away in a
Swiss bank from which it cannot be
retrieved for over 50 years, and
then only by application to the
international court in the Hague.
However this is unlikely as 50 years
hence it is unlikely any
descendents of the aforementioned parrot will
still survive. In the
same press release money was provided for the
Glossy Red-tailed
Black-Cockatoo, presumably to be spread among two
species and 8
subspecies.
--
Andy Burton's Bush Tours
52
Abingdon Rd,
Roseville,
NSW 2069
Australia
Ph 61 2
9416 2636
Mob 0408 937 531
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