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Morepork ; ruru (Ninox novce-zealandice). Plentiful. 

 Wood-pigeon ; kuku (Hemiphaga novce-zealandice). Plentiful. 

 Marsh-rail ; koitareke (Porzana afjinis). Very rare. 

 White-fronted tern (Sterna frontalis). 

 Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia). Has been seen. 

 Black-backed gull ; karoro (Larus dominicanus) . Nests on the 



north-west corner of the island. 

 Red-billed or mackerel gull (Larus scopulimis). Does not nest 



on the island. 

 Nelly, or giant petrel (Ossifraga gigantea). 

 Diving petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix). 

 Rain-bird (CEstrelata inexpectata). 

 Mutton-bird (Puffinus griseus). 

 Shearwater (Puffinus gavia). 

 Allied shearwater (Puffinus assimilis). 



Cook's petrel (CEstrelata cooki). Nests on the top of the hills. 

 Black petrel (Majaqueus parkinsoni). Nests on top of the hills. 

 Grey-faced petrel (CEstrelata macroptera). 

 Dove petrel, or whalebird (Prion vittatus). Nests on the Hen 



and Chickens. 

 Blue penguin (Eudyptula minor). Nests on the island. 

 Gannet ; takapu (Sula senator). Nests on the Great Barrier. 

 Black shag ; kawau (Phalacrocorax carbo). Seen sometimes. 

 Pied shag ; kawan (P. varius). Present in large numbers ; 



nests on the south-western side of the island ; and, as it is 



never interfered with, it is increasing in numbers rapidly. 

 Kiwi (Apteryx australis and A. mantelli). 



Art. XLV. — The Grasses of Tutira. 

 By H. Guthrie-Smith. 



[Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Sorirty, IW Siptonber. 1007.] 



Tutira lies in the northern part of Hawke's Bay. about mid- 

 way between Napier and Mohaka, and contains limestone of the 

 varieties known to geologists as 'Hawke's Bay limestone" 

 and " Maungahararu limestone," the former bounding the 

 eastern edge of the run, and containing many distinct and un- 

 broken shells ; the latter the western, and exposing only crushed 

 fragments. Between these ranges are conglomerate and sand- 

 stone formations; papa crops out in a few places. Slips are 

 very numerous on the steep country, and the whole surface has 

 been heavily sprinkled with wind-borne pumice-grit. 



