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head, and an orange and blue rictal wattle, and its congener 
C. wilsoni, with entirely blue wattle, inhabit the lower hill-forests 
of the South and North Islands of New Zealand respectively. 
They have deep, rich, long-drawn notes, diversified by “cackles,” 
“mews,” or “ bell-like” sounds, the male performing antics when 
courting. The food consists of fruit, flowers, and insects; the 
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flight 1s feeble. The large nests of twigs, moss, and grass are 
placed in trees; the two or three eggs being purplish-grey with 
brown blotches or frecklings. Corcoraz and Struthidea are peculiar 
to Austraha, the former being glossy black with white on the 
wing, the latter brownish-grey with black tail.’ Corcoraz haunts 
open forests, brook-sides, and lagoons in little flocks, ranning 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 these three genera and the Paradiseidae. 
