LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Plate XXXVII. Kaka on nesting tree 



XXXVIII. Kiwi Chick 



XXXIX. Debris of vacated Kiwi's nest ... 



,, XL. Kiwi and Chick 



XLI. Kiwi and Chick ... 



XLII. Kiwi Lodge 



XLIII. Entrance to breeding burrow of Stewart 



Island Kiwi 96 



XLIV. New Zealand Dotterel on eggs 100 



XLV. Dotterel showing borings in foreground 104 



XLVI. Nest of Dotterel 106 



XLVII. Nest of Dotterel 108 



XLVIII. Homestead, Mason Bay 112 



XLIX. Launch on River Bakiahua 114 



,, L. Camp at Eakiahua ... ... ... 117 



LI. Male Fern Bird seated on top of female 



eggs in act of hatching ... ... 118 



LII. Fern Bird Bakiahua 119 



LIII. Fern Bird, showing tail shafts Mason 



Bay 120 



LIV. Fern Bird's eggs Bakiahua 121 



LY. Fern Bird Mason Bay 122 



LVI. Bifleman 124 



LVII. Hen Auriceps Parrakeet 128 



LVIII. Auriceps Parrakeet about to enter nest . . . 132 



LIX. Parrakeets eating almonds ... ... 136 



LX. Nest and eggs of Bell -bird 140 



LXI. Hen Bell-bird on nest 144 



,, LXII. Stewart Island Weka stealing handker- 

 chief 150 



LXIII. Stewart Island Weka about to examine 



debris of Kiwi's nest ... ... 156 



LXIV. Mosses and Filmy Ferns 160 



LXV. Pied Shags 164 



LXVI. Pied Shag 168 



LXVII. Pied Shags and nests 172 



LXVIII. Kane-te-toe 176 



LXX. Shag on nest Kane-te-toe ... ... 177 



LXXI. Pair of Shags Kane-te-toe 178 



LXXII. Nest and eggs of Shag Kane-te-toe ...180 



LXXIII. Shag Alleyways Kane-te-toe 182 



LXXIV. Nesting Plateau Kane-te-toe 184 



. LXXV. Female Yellow-breasted Tit 188 



LXXVI. Male Yellow-breasted Tit 190 



LXXVII. Spider Orchids ... 194 



