7472 Birds. 



Crested Grebe ? Found on lagoons in the middle Island. Unknown 



to nie. 



Fam. Alcad^. 



King Penguin. I have seen this species off the coast of Stewart's 

 Island ; I believe it breeds there. 



Little Penguin (Korora), Spheniocus minor, Temminck. 



Great Penguin (Ho-i-ho), Eudyptes antipodes. Chiefly confined 

 to the middle Island. 



Fam. Pelecanid^. 



Gannet (Taiko, Takapu), Jula australis, Gould. Resembles the 

 English species. 



Crested Cormorant (Kauau pari), Pelecanus cirrhatus, Gray. Ash 

 colour, spotted with black. Belly white. Legs yellow. Male has a 

 fine crest. Peculiar to the coast. Breeds in cliffs. 



Little Black Cormorant (Kauau pango), Pelecanus carboides, 

 Gould. 



Whitethroated Cormorant (Kauau), Pelecanus varius, Forster. 

 Easily distinguished by the white throat, breast and belly. 



Whitethighed Cormorant (Kauau tua-whenua), Pelecanus flaviros- 

 tris ? Forster. A very large cormorant, with a white spot on each 

 thigh. Greenish black. Beak yellow. Breeds inland. 



Great Green Cormorant (Kauau nui), Pelecanus major. A dark 

 green cormorant, the largest of the tribe. Breeds inland. 



Fam. Larid^. 



Common Gull (Karoro), Lestris antarcticus. This bird seizes mus- 

 sels with its beak, and flies to a height of thirty or forty feet, letting 

 them fall on the beach, repeating this process until the shell is broken. 

 If it finds a mussel with open shell in shallow water, it drops a pebble 

 in to prevent the shell from closing. White. Wings black. 



Brown Gull (Karoro), Lestris fuscus, Latham. Distinguished from 

 the young of the preceding by its white irides. 



Little Gull (Tara punga), Lestris scopulinus, Forster. 



Fam. Sternid^. 



Great Tern (Tara kakao). Sterna major. Expanse of wings four 

 feet. Primaries tipped with black. A very noisy bird. Confined to 

 the coast. 



Common Tern (Tara nui). Sterna vulgaris. Identical with the 

 English species. Beak and legs red. 



