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Transactions. 



they form a triplet, the middle note being a third below the others, 

 in the season I noted the followino; : — 



Later 



2L. 



^w 



g/=1^l'^ ^ 



This, again, is the commoner song in triplets, varied by the omission of the 

 third note of two of the triplets and the dropping of the third note of the 

 third odd triplet, as above. The dropped note, /, in the above is usually 

 softer than the others, so it may be that in cases where the notes appear to 

 be omitted they may be only very subdued. I heard on the 27th March 

 a call and reply which, from the pitch of the notes, their quality, and the 

 appearance of the birds, I took to be warblers' : — 



?^<x 



CctU. 



JR^ply 



I saw the bird uttering the call, and heard the reply several times before 

 the second bird appeared. They sat together on the same bough for a few 

 seconds, and then flew off without giving further notes of identification. 



I visited the Stony Bay bush again in December, 1910, and several 

 times heard the warbler open its song with the fantail's tweet-a-tweet, or 

 tweet- a-tweet, tweet, tweet- a-tiveet-tweet. I again saw one whilst actually 

 singing, and it behaved as described with variation (2) in 1908 Transactions. 

 The song usually lasts about five seconds ; I heard one that went on for 

 eight, and one for twelve seconds. 



I heard several parrakeets in the Stony Bay Bush this year — December, 

 1909, and January, 1910 — but only one new note, a quick chuckling cry, 

 uttered when the bird was at rest in a tree : — 



gva. 



a A a 4 



^P^F^ 



Moreporks were also plentiful. One evening I heard two crying together. 

 The sounds came from the same direction, but I could not say if the birds 

 were together. The one emitted the ordinary cry of " More-pork," a flat 

 to g ; the other repeated / : — 



g^a.. 



On the evening of Christmas Day, 1910, I heard the following calls : — 



GrrreJi qrrrch kou Aou . 



