Eeisohek. — On the Birds of Haiituru Island. 



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The high slopes would be a favourable resort for kakapo 

 (Strinrjops), crow {Glaucopis), saddle-back [Creadion], New Zea- 

 land titmouse [Orthonyx ochrocephala), creeper, and Certhvparus 

 novcB-zealandia. The lower ridges would be suitable for kiwi 

 {Aptenj.v), the deep gullies for wrens {Xeniciis), thrushes {Turn- 

 agra), robins [Petroica), etc. The above-mentioned localities 

 are well suited for all the specimens named, by my own obser- 

 vations m various places. 



Appended is a list of the birds which inhabit Hauturu 

 Island, viz. : — 



Hieracidea ferox 



Circus gouldi 



Athene novm-zealandm 



Halcyon vagans 



Pogonornis cincta 



Prosthemadera novce-zealandia 



Anthornis melanura 



Zosterops lateralis 



Acanthisitta chloris 



Orthonyx albicilla 



Gerygone fiaviventris 



Petroica toi-toi 



P. longijjes 



Anthits novcE-zealandia 



Wiipidura fiabellifera 



Creadion caruncidatus 



Platycercus novce-zealandicB 



P. auriceps 



P. alpinus 



Nestor meridionalis 



Eudynamis taitensis 



Chrysococcyx lucidus 



Carpophaga novcB-zealandia 



Apteryx mantelli 



Hmmatojnis unicolor 



Larus dominicamis 



L. scopulinus 



Sterna frontalis 



Piiffinus gavius 



P. assimilis 



P. tristis 



Procellaria cookii 



P. parkinsoni 



P. gouldi 



Prion tiirtur 



Haladroma urinatrix 



Dysporus serrator 



Pha lacro cor a x b revirost ns 



P. varius 



Etidyptula minor. 



The following are foreign birds which have migrated to 



Hauturu Island : — 



Coturnix pectoralis 

 Turnix varius 

 Passer domesticiis 



Fringilla chloris 

 Turdiis merula 

 T. musiciis. 



The Natives assured me that these last-named birds were not 

 brought there. 



The above list of 40 different specimens of New Zealand 

 birds will show that the locality is more favourable than the 

 mainland. There also exist several specimens which are nearly 

 extinct, or very rare, on the mainland. I agree with Judge 

 Fenton that bees are destructive to birds, from my personal ob- 

 servations — viz., to the honey-eaters [Nectarinea] and Psittacida, 

 which breed in hollow trees. Honey-eaters are deprived of their 

 food by the bees at a time when they most need it — when they 

 have young — and, being insectivorouB, they catch the bees and 



