Manymillions of these birds are destroyed annually for the sake oftheir feathers and the oil of the young, which they are made todisgorge by pressing the craws. Many of these, accurately named in Latinand described by the botanists, have not yet found theirvernacular equivalents; for the bushman and the settler do notdraw fine botanical distinctions. Seequotation. Kuri Maori was a name usedfor a dog after the arrival of other quadrupeds called alsokuri.
We have oftenamused ourselves by throwing sugar or bread into the pouch ofthe Kangaroo, and seen with what delight the 16: Lo, by the `humpy' door, a smockless Venus.
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