wrote:
>
> Is anyone aware whether a photograph exists of the extinct Norfolk
> Island Kaka?
>
> Peter
As it disappeared for ever by the 1860s,or 1870s at the latest, a photo
is not really to be expected.
Gould met a living specimen which was kept as a pet, and reported that
it was playful and ate fruit and lettuce. His plate would probably be
the best, if not the only illustration available. It was then known as
the Phillip Island Parrot (The island in question is a little one
adjacent to Norfolk Island, not the one in Westernport.)
I once saw a mounted specimen in the possession of the Museum of
Victoria, or Museum Victoria as it's now called.
Happy birding,
Anthea Fleming
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