INDEX 



Albatross, flight of compared with 



that of Petrel, 26. 

 Alsatia, 178, 182. 

 Apteryx, nocturnal habits of, 96. 



Bell-birds, on Piko-mamaku-iti, 32; 

 on Herekopere, 38; mobbing a 

 Morepork, 55; in the Eakiahua 

 woods, 67; in coastal woods of 

 Stewart I., 70; on Ulva, 129 

 food supply diminishing, 140 

 friendly disposition of, 141 

 nests of, 141; a devoted sitter, 

 142; eggs of, 143; resemblance 

 to Tui, 143; flight of, 144; power 

 of mimicry, 144; tolling-note, 

 144; owes life to the Weka, 159; 

 collecting nest materials, 191. 



Billardier's polypod, 89. 



Bittern, 151. 



Black-backed Gull, on Herekopere, 

 15; over future breeding grounds, 

 21; not sitting hard, 39; distri- 

 - bution of, 44; food of, 46; keen 

 sight of, 46; nests under ob- 

 servation, 47-49. 



Blackberry, an alien noxious weed, 6. 



Blow fly, not on Herekopere, 15. 



Bracken, 13, 21. 



Bush Creeper, 38, 67, 69, 86, 159, 193. 



Call, of Petrels, 27, 36, 42. 



Campbell Island, 8. 



Camps, on Herekopere, 10, 18-30, 



38-43; on Piko-mamaku-iti, 31; 



on the Eakiahua, 66, 114; on 



Stewart I., 150. 

 Cod, Blue, 163, 176. 

 Coprosmas, 70, 85, 130. 

 Cormorants, 91, 163. 

 Crows, 1, 86, 159. 

 Crows, Orange Wattle, 69. 

 Cuckoo, Long-Tailed, 15, 195. 



Daisy Tree, 14, 142. 



Danthonia grass, 97. 



Dotterel, Banded, 74, 108. 



Dotterel, New Zealand, 102; young 

 of, 103; nect of, 110; liable to 

 diseases of the foot, 112; range 

 of, 118. 



Dunes, sand, 100. 



Enderby Island, 8. 



Falcon, New Zealand, 40, 132, 159. 



Fantails, 67, 71, 86, 129, 142, 147. 



Fern Bird, on Herekopere, 15; scarce 

 on Piko-mamaku-iti, 32; plenti- 

 ful on the Eakiahua, 68, 69; of 

 Eakiahua and Mason Bay, 114- 

 122; uests of, 119, 120; eggs of, 

 119; plumage of, 120; chirp 

 mimicked by Bell-bird, 144; 

 preyed upon by Weka, 159. 



Ferns, 13, 14, 36, 86, 97. 



Ferret, importation of, 4. 



Fire, danger from, 6, 7; damage 

 from, 151. 



Flight, of Petrels, 24, 26. 



Foliosa grass, 24. 



Food supply of birds decreasing, 5,, 

 7, 140. 



Forest Eeserves, 5. 



Foveaux Strait, 10, 31, 127. 



Fuchsia, 70, 137, 141. 



GrANNET, 111. 



Gisborne, 141. 



Goldfinch, 119. 



Ground Lark, 112, 159. 



Groundsel trees, 13. 



Gull, Black-backed, on Herekopere,. 

 15; over future breeding grounds,^ 

 21; not sitting hard, 39; distri- 

 bution of, 44; food of, 46; keen 

 sight of, 46; nests under observa- 

 tion, 47-49. 



