A kia, a bird with which people are not generally familiar, has been shown to us, "says the Southland News." It is remarkable for wonderful instinct, wbich prompts it to settle on the back of a sheep — generally a healthy one — and remain there till the animal becomes exhaus ted, when it picks a hole m the back of its prey, and eats the fat on the kidneys. It is common m most hilly countries, and m some places a good number of sheep have been destroyed by it. It bears a strong resemblance m size and shape to the kaka, but its beak is much longer and its color is different, the wing being of the same hue as a blue mountain duck. A reward is offered for them by some rteep-farme^,
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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1162, 6 December 1879, Page 1 (Supplement)
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