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Show ' Lives Six Score Years - --Sydney, Australia, Aug. 30. - Ooe.of the .minor; curiosities pi .Australia is a cockatoo w.Iipafp jige is estimated ,at 121 ye'a.. l$s pese'nYner has )ia,d-itenty- tsix .ytfs;4Md;fts formed f Wn. ;&LicapttiiCHfcH it wMkwi- .;joiht.yeara. - The captain used fco' say " tile bird 'was seventeen years old when it came into his possession. The bird has an upper beak nearly six inches long, curving toward the chest. The beak, ' which grows about an inch every j year, has to be broken off when it gets too long. |