142 Transactions.—Miscellaneous, 
Another of like meaning :— 
190. Kua pae nei hoki, te koputunga ngaru ki te one. 
The white foam of the surf is cast up and left on the shore. 
Said by a woman getting grey-haired, when her husband seeks a new 
wife. 
191. Ka tangi te pipiwharauroa, ko nga karere a Mahuru 
The cries of the glossy cuckoo are the heralds of warmth (or spring). 
The little cuckoo (Cuculus lucidus) is a migratory bird, and arrives here 
in early summer. 
192. Penei me te pipiwharauroa. 
Like the glossy cuckoo (in his actions). 
: Applied to a man who deserts his children ; as this bird (like the English 
cuckoo) lays its eggs in another bird’s nest, and deserts them. 
I give now a few (out of many) short and beautiful proverbial sayings, 
mostly poetical, and used by the New Zealanders in their songs :— 
198. Me he korokoro tuii ! 
As eloquent as the throat of the tuii (the sweet-singing “ parson- 
ird ""). 
194. Me he manu au e kakapa ! 
I'm all of a flutter like a poor caught bird ! 
195. Me he mea ko Kopu ! 
(She is) as beautiful as the rising of the morning star ! 
.196. Me he takapu araara. 
As beautiful as the silvery, iridiscent belly of the araara fish (Carane 
georgianus) when first caught 
Ancient European poets have thus spoken of the dolphin. 
197. Me he toroa ngungunu! 
Like an albatross folding its wings up neatly. 
Used of a neat and compact placing of one’s flowing mats or garments. 
198. Me te Oturu ! 
Her eyes as large and brilliant as the full moon rising over the dark 
hills in a clear sky. 
199. Me te rangi ka paruhi. 
Just like a delightful tranquil day ; or, a fine calm evening. 
200. Moku ano enei ra, mo te ra ka hekeheke; he rakau ka hinga ki te mano wai! 
Let these few days be for me, for the declining sun ; a tree falling 
through many floods of waters. 
Meaning : Be kind and considerate to the aged. 
Used by the old, and often with effect; of which I knew a remarkable 
instance that happened in 1852, when Mr. Donald M‘Lean, the Land Pur- 
chase Commissioner, paid the chief Te Hapuku, the first moneys for lands 
