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head, and an orange and bine rictal wattle, and its congener 

 C. ivilsoni, with entirely l)lne wattle, inhabit the lower hill-forests 

 of the Sonth and Korth Islands of New Zealand respectively. 

 They have deep, rich, long-drawn notes, diversified by " cackles," 

 " mews," or " bell-like " sounds, tlie male perh)rming antics when 

 courting. The food consists of fruit, flowers, and insects ; the 



Fig. 131. — Huia. Hetcralocha acutiwslrk 



(From Nature.) 



flight is feeble. The large nests of twigs, moss, and grass are 

 placed in trees ; the two or three eggs being purplish-grey wdth 

 brown blotches or frecklings. Corcorax and Struthidca M'e peculiar 

 to Australia, the former being glossy black with white on the 

 wing, the latter brownish-grey with black tail.^ Corcorax haunts 

 open forests, brook-sides, and lagoons in little flocks, running about 

 actively, or leaping upon the boughs with motile, outspread tail. 

 The food consists of insects; the note is grating or mournful ; while 

 1 The Austro-coraces (p. 531) may contain tlii-se three genera and the I'aradisuidae. 



