The Tui 



ONSIDERING our opportun- 

 ities the Tui lias baffled us 

 more than any other species 

 attempted during the past 

 season. Not that he is very- 

 shy or very timid; far less so, indeed, 

 than we had anticipated. It is the 

 extreme rapidity of his every movement, 

 the gloss and sheen of his plumage, 

 and to a lesser degree the brief period 

 between laying of the eggs and develop- 

 ment of the nestlings. The young, further- 

 more, are very restless and wild, and, 

 when jarred and disturbed, and both are 

 unavoidable, readily quit the nest, a pro- 

 ceeding in every wa}^ abetted and encour- 

 aged by the parents. 



In spite, therefore, of the many nests 

 found and the trouble taken in building 

 Swiss Family Robinson platforms high 



