T. W. Kirx.—On the Nesting Habits of Glaucopis cinerea. 249 
The accompanying sketch represents a curious deformity (if I may use 
the term) in the bill of a female Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris), now in the 
Museum collection. It is evidently the result of an accident, and from its 
appearance I should say that a shot had just passed below the nostril, 
splitting the bill in the manner shown. The left side of the upper mandible 
has also been broken off, but this was evidently a subsequent misfortune, as 
the broken edge is still somewhat sharp; while the top of the bill and 
“ spike ” are smooth and polished. This unfortunate bird was presented to 
the Museum several years ago, by Mr. J. D. Enys, who shot it at Akitea. 
Art. XXIV.— Notes on the Nesting Habits of the Orange-wattled Crow. 
By W. D. Campsett, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., F.G.S. 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 27th September, 1879.) 
Tue nature of the nesting habits of the Glaucopis cinerea (Orange-wattled 
Crow) have been as yet entirely unknown, and the author, having chanced 
to find, towards the end of February last, two nests of this species near the 
Ko-i-te-rangi hill, on the Hokitika river, forwards the following description 
of them. 
The nests, which were 15 inches externally, were somewhat loosely con- 
structed of twigs and roots, and had well-formed cup-shaped interiors, lined 
with pine roots and twigs; they were built in the branches of the Coprosma, 
or “black” scrub, which grows upon the low river-flats of Westland, near 
the mountain ranges. The average height of the scrub in this instance 
was about 15 feet, while the nests were about 9 feet above the ground, 
and 200 feet distant from each other; one contained an egg, the other, two 
nearly fledged birds. The egg has been presented to the Colonial Mu- 
seum. The two young birds were kept for some weeks in a cage for the 
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