INDEX 



Babbits, 4. 



Eail, 151, 159. 



Rakiahua, 66, 71, 114, 120. 



Rata. 127, 149. 



Rat, Black, 31, 149, 157. 



Rat, Grey, 150, 157. 



Rats, 51, 52, 143, 149, 158. 



Red-breast, 53, 142. 



Reserves, of forest, 5. 



Rifleman, on inland forest spurs, 67 

 migration to near sea-level, 69 

 abundance of building sites, 123 

 nest of, 124; nesting habits, 125. 



Rimu, 86, 96. 



Robins, South Island, numerous and 

 tame on Herekopere, 15; not on 

 Piko-mamaku-iti, 32; two nests 

 secured, 38; bird observed sit- 

 ting, 39; tameness accounted for, 

 50; account of, 51-57; in Canter- 

 bury, 51; differences from North 

 Island Robin, 53; nests of, 53, 

 54; sanitation of nest, 56; found 

 on skirt of inland forest, 67; 

 choice of site for nest, 142; owe 

 lives to the Weka, 159. 



Rock Hopper, 58. 



Saddleback, 159. 



Sanctuaries, 1, 7. 



Sand dunes, 100, 109. 



Sanitation of nests, 56, 74. 



Scrub, 12, 21. 



Sea Hawk. 15, 21, 32, 33, 38, 39, 40, 



44, 100, 177. 

 Sea Swallow, 15, 21. 

 Sedum, 178. 



Shag, Frilled, 163, 170. 

 Shag, Pied, 15, 163, 167, 185. 

 Shags, ]54; outlawed, 162; rookeries, 



164, feeding the young, 169; 



duration of nesting season, 171; 



under observation, 176. 

 Shag, Stewart Island, habitat of, 



164; has transverse crest, 170; 



on Kane-te-toe, 175; rookery of, 



178; eggs of, 185; breeding 



season, 185. 

 Shag, White-throated, 163, 171. 

 Shoveller, 151. 

 Skua, 40. TOO. 

 Sparrow, 144, 149. 

 Spinach, New Zealand, 13. 



Starling, 1. 



Stewart Island, 7, 9, 10, 14, 52, 58,. 

 63, 70, 85, 89, 99, 118, 124, 141,. 



146, 163, 188, 200. 

 Stilbocarp, on Piko-mamaku-iti, 32, 



34. 

 Stilt, 108. 

 Stoat, 4, 150, 161. 

 Sutherland Falls, 161. 

 Swallow, Sea, 15, 21. 



Table Hill, 68, 72, 84, 97, 111. 



Te Anau, 161. 



Te Kuri Penguin rookeries, 60. 



Te Marama, or Herekopere, 11. 



Tern, Caspian, 111, 151. 



Thistles, Sow, 15. 



Thrushes, 1. 159. 



Titi Wainui, 16, 23, 25, 32, 39, 42. 



Tit, Pied, 108, 187. 



Tit, Yellow-breast, 15, 32, 35, 55, 67, 



71, 86, 108, 129, 159, 187, 192, 



195. 

 Totara, 76, 142. 

 Tuis, 15, 32, 55, 67, 70, 129, 141, 143, 



147, 159, 193. 



Tutira, 68, 71, 74, 97, 133, 145, 151, 

 161, 199, 200. 



ITlva, 35, 52, 127, 141, 144. 



Vermin, 4, 5, 158, 161. 

 Veronica, 13. 



Warblers, 55, 67, 71, 86, 129, 159. 



Wax Eye, 15. 



Weasels, 4, 150, 161. 



Weka, on Herekopere, 15; rats follow 

 extermination of, 51; distributed 

 throughout the country, 68; con- 

 centrate on edges of bush and 

 on flats, 69; discovery of the 

 Kaka's nest, 78; haunt mosses 

 and ferns, 86; accused of 

 eating a Kiwi egg, 94; feathers 

 used by Fern Birds in nidifica- 

 tion, 119; stricter protection of 

 desirable, 148; account of, 

 149-161; inspector-general of 

 nuisances, 152; his insatiable 

 curiosity, 152; his guilty con- 

 science, 154; his thievishness. 



