768 Transactions. 
Ruru (Ninos novae-zealandiae ). 
common call of the ruru (morepork) at Koriniti, Wanganui, was аз _ г 
in (10), vocalized whee-o0 whee-oo. 
а 
Whee.oo wheeoe 
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Mrromiro (Petroeca toitoi J. 
The miromiro (white-breasted tit) was common up the Wanganui River, 
a pleasant song being (3), the four notes, about eight a second, being repeated 
4 23-3-2/ : 
from two to four times as shown, sometimes followed by a single G. This 
Song was at times preceded by а higher note, О, repeated four times. 
or more, semiquavers separated by semiquaver rests. e 
Тот ( Prosthemadera novae-zealandiae) AND BELL-BIRD ( Anthornis 
melanura ). 
especially whilst at Pipiriki, it was found that the bell-bird uttered these 
harsh sounds with even E] ; 
s walk, when the sounds were heard continually, they were utie 
irds i the bird was seen. This is ft of i 
ntion that it is never safe to record a note as 79 
tui or bell-bird unless the singer be actually seen. 
INTRODUCED BIRDS. 
The fear of the extinction of the indigenous birds led to the Ere 
of their songs. No such fear is felt on account of the introduced Ps 
and the task of recordi i Qu; 
16 has been said, howev. 
musical notation, a few have 
been reco ime, part 
refute the stateme t, partly that the notes may be compared with tho : 
the same birds elsewhere, ix 
CALIFORNIAN QUAIL (? Callipepla californica). 
The common call of 
hae vocalization that is nearer it than the words Miss Harper. Тыз 
