The Kea, a New Zealand problem (1909) · Marriner · 012

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The Kea, a New Zealand problem (1909) · Marriner · 012

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Illustration based on Wanganui artist George Sheriff (1846–1930) painting of kea attacking sheep, "by the kind permission of the Cosmopolitan Club, Wanganui", from George R. Marriner's 1908 book The Kea: a New Zealand Problem" (1909 Williams and Norgate edition), in which Marriner established that reports of the New Zealand alpine parrot the kea (Nestor notabilis) attacking and killing sheep were correct.

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1930
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The Kea: a New Zealand problem (1909 - Williams and Norgate) (Q109512964)
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