time of the year to visit this kind of country, owing to frequent heavy storms of snow and rain, yet in order to catch the kea at work one must travel at this time of the year.

I was not fortunate enough to actually catch the bird in the act of killing sheep, yet I was able to follow closely in his tracks and obtain several photographs of dead sheep which had evidently been killed by him. Also, through the kindness of Mr. R. Urquhart, manager of the station, who did all in his power to aid me in my investigation, I was able to get some photographs of keas' nests. As I believe that these are the first photographs that have been taken of these interesting phases in the natural history of the kea, I thought that some of the pictures, accompanied by a detailed description, would be of sufficient interest to place on record.