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  Transactions. 
  — 
  Zoology. 
  

  

  SincG 
  the 
  above 
  was 
  written 
  I 
  paid 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  tliQ 
  well-laiown 
  

   heronry 
  on 
  the 
  Waitaki-tuna, 
  and 
  I 
  regret 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  birds 
  have 
  

   abandoned 
  the 
  spot 
  in 
  whicla 
  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 
  v/hich 
  the 
  saplings 
  were 
  torn 
  down 
  

   to 
  procure 
  the 
  eggs 
  was 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  disruption 
  of 
  the 
  colony. 
  The 
  

   small 
  shag 
  (G. 
  brcvirosiris) 
  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. 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  Birds 
  found 
  in 
  Okarito 
  District, 
  

  

  1. 
  ACCIPITEES. 
  

  

  FalconidsQ. 
  Hicracidca 
  novcc-zcalandim, 
  Lath. 
  Circus 
  goiddi, 
  Bp. 
  

   Strigidffi. 
  Athene 
  nova-zealand'uc, 
  Gml. 
  

  

  II. 
  PSITTACI. 
  

  

  StringopidfB. 
  Stringops 
  Jiahroptihis, 
  Gray. 
  

  

  Platycercidae. 
  Platgcercus 
  novcc-zealandicE, 
  Sparrm. 
  P. 
  aiiriccps. 
  

   Trichoglossidffi. 
  Nestor 
  nicrldlonalis, 
  Gml, 
  ^V. 
  occidentalis, 
  Bullcr. 
  N. 
  nota- 
  

   hilis, 
  Gould. 
  

  

  III. 
  PlCARI^. 
  

  

  Alcedinid£B. 
  Halcgon 
  sanctus, 
  Vig. 
  et 
  Horsf. 
  

  

  Cuculid®. 
  Chrijsococcyx 
  lucidas, 
  Gml. 
  Endijnamis 
  taitensis, 
  Sparrm. 
  

  

  IV. 
  Passeres. 
  

   Menuridfe. 
  Ortlwnyx 
  oclirocephala, 
  Gml. 
  CertJu'parns 
  novcs-zealandlis, 
  Gml. 
  

   Meliphagidse. 
  Zosterops 
  lateraUs, 
  Lath. 
  Prost/wmadera 
  novcc-zcalandim. 
  Gray. 
  

  

  Anthornis 
  viclanvra, 
  Sparrm. 
  

   Mascicapid^. 
  PJupidura 
  Jiahslllfera, 
  Gml. 
  Pi. 
  tristis, 
  Homb. 
  et 
  Jacg[. 
  

   TardidsB. 
  Keropia 
  crassirostris, 
  Gml. 
  

  

  Sylviadse. 
  Gerygoneflavlventris, 
  Gray. 
  Petroica 
  macrocephala, 
  Gml. 
  

   Motacillidffi. 
  Antlius 
  novce-zealand.lce, 
  Gml. 
  

   Certhiido3. 
  Acanthisitta 
  cldoris, 
  Sparrm. 
  

   Maluridas. 
  Spheineacus 
  punctatits, 
  Quoy 
  et 
  G. 
  

   Sturnidae. 
  Creadiun 
  canincidatiis, 
  Gml. 
  

   Corvidse. 
  Glaucopis 
  cinerea, 
  Gml. 
  

  

  V. 
  CoLUMBiE. 
  

  

  ColumbidtE. 
  Carpophaga 
  novcc-zealandia, 
  Gml. 
  

  

  VI. 
  Galling. 
  

   TetranoidsB. 
  Cotumix 
  novce-zealandia, 
  Q. 
  et 
  G." 
  

  

  * 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  obtaiued 
  tiiesa. 
  

  

  