﻿BuL'LEE, 
  — 
  Fiiythcy 
  Contrihuiloiis 
  to 
  the 
  Ornllholofjij 
  of 
  y 
  civ 
  Zealand, 
  S71 
  

  

  observed 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  liaLitually 
  stationary, 
  for 
  it 
  may 
  often 
  be 
  heard 
  uttering 
  

   its 
  long', 
  plaintive 
  scream 
  for 
  a 
  "n'holo 
  day 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  tree, 
  but 
  always 
  

   quite 
  out 
  of 
  view. 
  During 
  the 
  quiet 
  summer 
  nights 
  of 
  December 
  its 
  far-off 
  

   cry 
  may 
  be 
  heard 
  at 
  intervals 
  till 
  break 
  of 
  day, 
  varied 
  only 
  in 
  tlie 
  earlier 
  

   watches 
  by 
  the 
  solemn 
  hooting 
  of 
  the 
  morepork, 
  

  

  ZosTERops 
  LATERALIS, 
  Ticicli. 
  — 
  Silver-cyc. 
  

  

  Keferring 
  again 
  to 
  the 
  migration 
  of 
  Zostcrnps 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  Island 
  in 
  

   1856, 
  it 
  may, 
  I 
  think, 
  be 
  assumed 
  that 
  the 
  large 
  flights 
  which 
  came 
  across 
  

   the 
  Straits 
  made 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Kapiti 
  in 
  their 
  passage, 
  and 
  tarried 
  there 
  

   for 
  a 
  time 
  before 
  they 
  reached 
  the 
  North 
  Island, 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  remembered 
  

   that 
  the 
  flocks 
  which 
  afterwards 
  spread 
  over 
  the 
  province 
  appeared 
  first 
  at 
  

   Waikanae 
  and 
  Paekakariki, 
  on 
  the 
  lee 
  shore 
  from 
  that 
  island, 
  I 
  found 
  

   Zostcrops 
  excessively 
  abundant 
  at 
  Kapiti 
  during 
  my 
  visit 
  in 
  April. 
  Every 
  

   bush 
  swarmed 
  with 
  them, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  fifty 
  or 
  more 
  would 
  crowd 
  together 
  

   in 
  the 
  leafy 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  stunted 
  karaka, 
  warbling 
  and 
  piping 
  in 
  chorus, 
  pro- 
  

   ducing 
  sylvan 
  music 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  sweet 
  description. 
  They 
  appeared 
  to 
  bo 
  

   feeding 
  on 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Coccus 
  that 
  afflicts 
  that 
  tree. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  that 
  appeared 
  in 
  flocks 
  at 
  Waikanae 
  

   and 
  Otaki 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  June 
  last 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  indicate 
  another 
  

   incursion 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  Island 
  at 
  that 
  date, 
  

  

  Gerygone 
  flaviventris, 
  Graij. 
  — 
  Grey 
  Warbler. 
  

  

  A. 
  nest 
  of 
  this 
  little 
  bird 
  in 
  the 
  Canterbury 
  Museum, 
  of 
  rather 
  larger 
  

   size 
  than 
  usual, 
  presents 
  the 
  uncommon 
  feature 
  of 
  several 
  soft 
  Emeu 
  

  

  feathers, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   some 
  bright 
  coloured 
  

   feathers 
  of 
  the 
  domestic 
  

   fowl, 
  worked 
  into 
  the 
  

   felting, 
  among 
  the 
  ordi- 
  

   nary 
  substances 
  (see 
  

   fig. 
  1) 
  ; 
  another 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  collection 
  is 
  orna- 
  

   mented 
  with 
  the 
  long 
  

   dry 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  

   gum 
  (EucaJijptLis), 
  

  

  around 
  and 
  among 
  

   j.Y^ 
  3 
  Fig. 
  2. 
  Fij. 
  1. 
  which 
  the 
  round 
  struc- 
  

  

  ture 
  is 
  most 
  cleverly 
  built 
  (see 
  fig. 
  2). 
  There 
  is 
  another, 
  showing 
  very 
  con- 
  

   spicuously 
  the 
  porched 
  entrance, 
  described 
  in 
  a 
  former 
  paper 
  (see 
  fig. 
  3). 
  

   The 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  nest 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  generally 
  adapted 
  to 
  circumstances 
  of 
  

   locality, 
  etc., 
  and 
  the 
  accompanymg 
  woodcut 
  will 
  show 
  how 
  variable 
  it 
  is. 
  

   Hylochelidon 
  nigricans, 
  Gould. 
  — 
  Australian 
  Tree 
  Swallow. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Cook 
  has 
  added 
  to 
  his 
  former 
  communication 
  the 
  following 
  (under 
  

   date 
  Blenheim, 
  23rd 
  August) 
  :— 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  further 
  notice 
  to 
  give 
  of 
  thQ 
  

  

  