LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS 



Plate XXXVII. 

 XXXVIII. 

 XXXIX. 

 XL. 

 XLI. 

 XLII. 

 XLIII. 



XLIV. 



XLV. 



XLVI. 



XLVII. 



XLVIII. 



XLIX. 



L. 



LI. 



LII. 

 LIII. 



LIV. 



LV. 



LV]. 



LVII. 



LVIII. 



LIX. 



LX. 



LXI. 



LXII. 



LXIII. 



LXIV. 



LXV. 



LXVI. 



LXVII. 



LXVIII. 



LXX. 



LXXI. 



LXXII. 



LXXIIL 



LXXIV. 



LXXV. 



LXXVI. 



LXX VI I. 



Facing page 



Kaka Oil nestinj4 tree ... ... ... 82 



Kiwi Chick 84 



Debris of vacated Kiwi's nest .. ... 86 



Kiwi and Chick 88 



Kiwi and Chick 90 



Kiwi Lodge ... ... ... ... 92 



Entrance to breeding burrow of Stewart 



Island Kiwi ... ... ... ... 96 



New Zealand Dotterel on eggs ... ... 100 



Dotterel — showing borings in foreground 104 



Nest of Dotterel 106 



Nest of Dotterel 108 



Homestead, Mason Bay ... ... ... 112 



Launch on River — Rakiahua ... ... 114 



Camp at Rakiahua ... ... ... 117 



Male Fern Bird seated on top of female — 



eggs in act of hatching ... ... 118 



Fern Bird — Rakiahua 119 



Fern Bird, showing tail shafts — Mason 



Bay 120 



Fern Bird's eggs — Rakiahua ... ... 121 



Fern Bird— Mason Bay 122 



Rifleman ... ... ... ... ... 124 



Hen Auriceps Parrakest . . . ... ... 128 



Auriceps Parrakeet about to enter nest ... 132 



Parrakeets eating almonds ... ... 136 



Nest and eggs of Bell-bird ... ... 140 



Hen Bell-bird on nest 144 



Stewart Island Weka stealing handker- 

 chief 150 



Stewart Island Weka about to examine 



debris of Kiwi's nest ... ... 156 



Mosses and Filmy Ferns ... ... 160 



Pied Shags " 164 



Pied Shag 168 



Pied Shags and nests ... ... 172 



Kane-te-toe ... ... ... ... 176 



Shag on nest — Kane-te-toe ... ... 177 



Pair of Shags -Kane-te-toe ... ... 178 



Nest and eggs of Shag— Kane-te-toe ... 180 



Shag Alleyways — Kane-te-toe ... ... 182 



Nesting Plateau — Kane-te-toe .■=^. ... 184 



Female Yellow-breasted Tit 188 



Male Yellow-breasted Tit 190 



Spider Orchids 194 



