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of part 3 in (80) preceded by runnel notes in triplets. The reedy note (82) 

 was a ninth higher than the note of last year as in (38) : it was heard on 

 most days, but only occasionally. The triplets in (83) are a variant of 

 the theme (69), one of the runnel songs : it was uttered in about a second. 

 No. (84) is part only of a bubbling song. Though only about 50 ft. 

 away from the bird, the first part was barely audible, and was led up to 

 by a soft click : clicks were interspersed if the song was long continued. 



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(82) 



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9 B B B 



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and (84) is only part of the song heard. The latter part was more deliberate 

 and much louder, in comparison, than the former, yet still very soft and 

 sweet. This seemed a greater effort to the bird than the ordinary song ; 

 the head was thrust well out and upwards, the throat quivering right round 

 the neck and down to the breast ; the beak was partly open at times. The 

 theme noted occupied about three seconds. The foregoing are all from 

 Boleyn's Bush, but these delightful sounds are now being banished by those 

 of the axe. 



The notes of (85), uttered softly like the notes of the bubbling song, 

 were sounded whilst the bird dropped with closed wings from a height into 

 the tree : they occupied little over a second. Many bubbling songs were 

 heard on occasional days, differing from those recorded, but they were not 

 repeated often enough for their sequence to be caught and noted. The 

 sounds kree, kraw, krurr, tsrr, and other unmusical sounds, were never heard 

 at Hokitika ; and, instead of the common bell notes of the Peninsula, a 

 guggle on d was sounded (86), the sound being that of a wooden mallet 

 striking a bell quickly. 



The Bell-bird. 



During the summer of 1913-14 only one bell-bird was seen in the Stony 

 Bay Bush, but no note whatever was heard. In the bush on the south side 



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of the Hokitika Eiver, a mile from the town, the pleasing cheery theme of 

 (22) was heard on several occasions. In (23), heard at Bluespur, the pro- 

 longed/ was a vibrato containing four or five notes. 



