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nor succeeded by any other note ; and if a cork could be imagined as a 

 clear sound, it was as if the note popped like a cork from a bottle. 



The notes of (6) were also very bell-like in tone, but were of quite a 

 different nature from (5). They were deliberately sounded, an average of 

 two seconds separating them, the variation (7) was as often heard as "(6). 



The sounds of (8) are merely part of (4) repeated without any notes : 

 one would suppose they would rasp the bird's throat to pieces. They were 

 varied— /iw tiu aurr, tiu tin tin aiirr, and tiu tiu tin aurr, tiu tiu tiu aurr. 



Weka : One other call was heard ; it calls for no comment : — 



3va. 



C^) 



Ar.^/^ 



■ / I 



i^j^^^i "-^^^ 



Fantail : The following notes were obtained 



8va 



tchi tchi twee twee 



tu-ee 



fchrut tchrut 



twee 



taee twee 



The note is not clearly sounded ; it is uttered more as if forced through a 

 constricted passage, and it is rather a twitter than a whistle. It varies 

 not only in pitch, but in sound, so that it may be represented by different 

 letters at different times, as above. Whilst singing, the bird flits restlessly 

 about the bough. 



Morepork (ruru ; Ninon novce-zealandicB) : — 



8^•a^■ 



(}) 



JvJvJyJvJvJJ yJ^ 



The cry is more commonly heard without the five introductory notes. It 

 was muffled, as one might imagine the cry of the hokio, the ominous bird 

 of battle. The Maori represented the latter part of the cry as kia koa, and 

 the sound might well be given as koa, pronounced like caw with a slight 

 vibration of the uvula. 



Grey-warbler : Two complete songs were obtained : — 



28va 



> > > > > > > > > > > > 



(S> 



:tr::T'^ ea'mmar/Ejg^ E 



Za va. - 



> > 



(t> ^sr"[L^m'"m'c!r'CQ'm'C£;mE£r 



> > > > 



> > 



C£r"C£.^ 



It will be noticed that the phrase of five notes is this year replaced by three 

 triplets. The^ falling sequence in semitones is similar to that recorded 

 last year, and again it will be noted that there is nothing determinate in 

 the song. The termination of (3) is effective : I heard it only once. 



