LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Shag on eggs Kane-te-toe 



... Frontispiece 



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Plate I. Headquarters, Half Moon Bay 2 



II. Hut on Herekopere ... ... ... 4 



III. Nest and egg of Mutton Bird 8 



IV. Mutton Bird Chick 10 



,, V. Nest and eggs of Kuaka ... ... ... 14 



VI. Kuaka Chick 16 



VII. Kuaka Male and Female in burrow ... 18 



VIII. Daisy Tree, Herekopere 20 



IX. Hut on Islet in Foveaux Strait 22 



,, X. Parara in burrow ... .. ... ... 26 



,, XI. Nest and egg of Parara ... ... ... 28 



XII. Parara Chick 32 



XIII. Cut-leaf Bracken 34 



XIV. Titi Wainui in burrow 36 



XV. Nest and egg of Titi Wainui 38 



XVI. Skua's egg on bed of Sedum Kane-te-toe 40 



XVII. Skua Nestlings, Herekopere 42 



XVIII. Nest and eggs of Black-backed Gull ... 44 



XIX. Chicks of Black- backed Gull 46 



XX. Black-backed Gull on eggs 48 



MaleEobin 50 



XXI. Pair of Eobins Female sitting 52 



XXII. Female Eobin 53 



,, XXIII. South Island Eobin on nest ... ... 54 



XXIV. South Island Eobin on nest 56 



XXV. Yellow-eyed Penguin disturbed 58 



,, XXVI. Tufted Penguin, probably about to moult 59 



XXVII. Yellow-eyed Penguin on nest 60 



XXVIII. Nest of Yellow-eyed Penguin 61 



XXIX. Egg and newly-laid egg of Blue Penguin 63 



,, XXX. Blue Penguin on nest ... ... ... 64 



XXXI. Umbrella Ferns 66 



XXXII. Eakiahua Valley Euggedy Eange in dis- 

 tance ... ... ... ... ... 68 



XXXIII. Filmy Ferns 70 



,, XXXIV. Stage in front of Kaka's nest 72 



,, XXXV. Kaka spying through key-hole entrance 76 

 ,, XXXVI. Kaka nestlings section of tree trunk re- 

 moved , 80 



