390 Transactions.— Zoology. 
Since the above was written I paid a visit to the well-known 
heronry on the Waitaki-tuna, and I regret to say that the birds have 
abandoned the spot in which they formerly bred. In 1876 six broods were 
reared, and the nests, as well as remains of numerous old ones, still remain. 
There can be no doubt that the way in which the saplings were torn down 
to procure the eggs was the cause of the disruption of the colony, The 
small shag (G. brevirostris) has also disappeared simultaneously. It is to 
be hoped that the white herons will find a more secure place for their new 
home, and thus arrest for a few years their extinction. 
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List of Birds found in Okarito District. 
I. AcorPrrRES. 
Falconide. Hieracidea nove-zealandia, Lath. Circus gouldi, Bp. 
Strigide. Athene nova-zealandia, Gml. 
II. Psrrract. 
Stringopide. Stringops habroptilus, Gray. 
Platycercide. Platycercus nove-zealandie, Sparrm. P. auriceps. 
Trichoglossidæ, Nestor meridionalis, Gml. N, occidentalis, Buller. N. nota- 
bilis, Gould 
III. Proarre. 
Alcedinide. Halcyon sanctus, Vig. et Horsf. 
Cuculide. Chrysococcyx lucidus, Gml. Eudynamis taitensis, Sparrm. 
IV. Passeres. 
Menuride. Orthonyx ochrocephala, Gml. Certhiparus nove-zealandie, Gul. 
Meliphagidg. Zosterops lateralis, Lath. Prosthemadera nove-zealandia, Gray. 
Anthornis melanura, Sparrm. 
Muscicapide. Rhipidura flabellifera, Gml. R. tristis, Homb. et Jacq. 
Turdide. Keropia erassirostris, Gml. 
Sylviade. Gerygone flaviventris, Gray. Petroica macrocephala, Gml. 
Motacillidæ. Anthus nove-zealandig, Gml. 
Certhiidæ. Acanthisitta chloris, Sparrm. 
Maluridæ. Sphenæacus punctatus, Quoy et G. 
Sturnidæ. Creadion carunculatus, Gml. 
Corvidæ. Glaucopis cinerea, Gml. 
V. CoLumba. 
Columbidæ. Carpophaga nova-zealandia, Gul. 
VI. Gatuwa. 
Tetranoide. Coturnix nove-zealandie, Q. et G.* 
* I have not obtained these, 
