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undergrowth. Here it was practically confined to one 
valley, in the country referred to in the introduction and 
designated (3). Amid the stunted Nei nei or grass-tree 
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Nest of Miro australis. 
with its sprmkling of Tawheri, honeysuckle, Manuka, and 
various species of Pitlosporum and Coprosma, the Robins 
seemed secure. But this valley, about a mile in length, 
