Publisher's Synopsis
Ma ke ʻano he kupuna kāne o nā moʻopuna he ʻumikumamālima, ua heluhelu ka mea kākau i nā puke he nui e pili ana i nā inoa kala i nā kamaliʻi a me nā keiki liʻiliʻi. Ua ʻike ʻo ia iā lākou he luhi. Nui nā ʻano kiʻi a me nā kala i ke ao kūlohelohe, no ke aha e hoʻohana ʻole ai i kēia mau kala e aʻo i nā inoa kala. Nīnau ka mea kākau iā ia iho, "He aha nā mea i lawa ka waihoʻoluʻu e aʻo ai i nā kamaliʻi?"
A laila, ʻike ʻo ia iā "Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets" na François Levaillant. ʻO nā kiʻi i hana ʻia ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a Bouquet, Professor of Drawing, Prytanée o Paris i ka makahiki 1800, he mea kupanaha. Ua loaʻa iā ia ke ala kūpono no ke aʻo ʻana i nā inoa kala i nā keiki ma nā wahi āpau.
