INDEX 



ALBATROSS, flight of compared with 



that of Petrel, 26. 

 Alsatia, 178, 182. 

 Apteryx, nocturnal habits of, 96. 



BELL-BIRDS, on Piko-mamaku-iti, 32; 

 on Herekopere, 38; mobbing a 

 Morepork, 55; in the Bakiahua 

 woods, 67; in coastal woods of 

 Stewart I., 70; on Ulva, 129; 

 food supply diminishing, 140; 

 friendly disposition of, 141; 

 nests of, 141; a devoted sitter, 

 142; eggs of, 143; resemblance 

 to Tui, 143; flight of, 144; power 

 of mimicry, 144; tolling-note, 

 144; owes life to the Weka, 159; 

 collecting nest materials, 191. 



Billardier's polypod, 89. 



Bittern, 151. 



Black-backed Gull, on Herekopere, 

 15 ; over future breeding grounds, 

 21; not sitting hard, 39; distri- 

 bution of, 44; food of, 46; keen 

 sight of, 46; nests under ob- 

 servation, 47-49. 



Blackberry, an alien noxious weed, 6. 



Blow fly, not on Herekopere, 15. 



Bracken, 13, 21. 



Bush Creeper, 38, 67, 69, 86, 159, 193. 



CALL, of Petrels, 27, 36, 42. 



Campbell Island, 8. 



Camps, on Herekopere, 10, 18-30, 



38-43; on Piko-mamaku-iti, 31; 



on the Rakiahua, 66, 114; on 



Stewart L, 150. 

 Cod, Blue, 163, 176. 

 Coprosmas, 70, 85, 130. 

 Cormorants, 91, 163. 

 Crows, 1, 86, 159. 

 Crows, Orange Wattle, 69. 

 Cuckoo, Long-Tailed, 15, 195. 



DAISY TREE, 14, 142. 



Danthonia grass, 97. 



Dotterel, Banded, 74, 108. 



Dotterel, New Zealand, 102; young; 

 of, 103; neet of, 110; liable to 

 diseases of the foot, 112; range 

 of, 118. 



Dunes, sand, 100. 



ENDERBY ISLAND, 8. 



FALCON, New Zealand, 40, 132, 159. 



Fantails, 67, 71, 86, 129, 142, 147. 



Fern Bird, on Herekopere, 15; scarce 

 on Piko-mamaku-iti, 32; plenti- 

 ful on the Eakiahua, 68, 69; of 

 Eakiahua and Mason Bay, 114- 

 122; nests of, 119, 120; eggs of,. 

 119; plumage of, 120; chirp, 

 mimicked by Bell-bird, 144; 

 preyed upon by Weka, 159. 



Ferns, 13, 14, 36, 86, 97. 



Ferret, importation of, 4. 



Fire, danger from, 6, 7; damage 

 from, 151. 



Flight, of Petrels, 24, 26. 



Foliosa grass, 24. 



Food supply of birds decreasing, 5,. 

 7, 140. 



Forest Eeserves, 5. 



Foveaux Strait, 10, 31, 127. 



Fuchsia, 70, 137, 141. 



G-ANNET, 111. 



Gisborne, 141. 



Goldfinch, 119. 



Ground Lark, 112, 159. 



Groundsel trees, 13. 



Gull, Black-backed, on Herekopere,. 

 15; over future breeding grounds,. 

 21; not sitting hard, 39; distri- 

 bution of, 44; food of, 46; keea 

 sight of, 46; nests under observa- 

 tion, 47-49. 



