Papua And Tobago
p. 40 · Read in the full issue
Where Birds of Paradise Flourish
A CORRESPONDENT in Tobago sends me a curious little tale that will interest residents of Papua and recall a curious connection between two widely separated parts of the Empire.
Off the coast of this West Indian Island there lies a small island called Little Tobago, which was at one time owned by Sir William Ingram. Ingram sent a man especially to Papua for the purpose of collecting live Birds of Paradise. Sixty were obtained and taken back; but this is so many years ago that very few of your Papuan readers would remember the incident.
The birds were let loose on Little Tobago and formed a large colony there, which flourishes to-day. For their protection, the Government proclaimed the island a bird sanctuary.—G.H.V.