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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



VOL. II. 





COLOURED PLATES. 



Plate VI. Auckland Island Merganser (Merganser australis) and Chick. 

 VII. Eufous-faced Owl (Bceloglaux rufifacies). 

 VIII. Belted Kaka and Variety {Nestor esslingi). 



IX. Antipodes-Island Parrakeet (Cyanorhumphus unicolor). 

 X. Island Wren (Traversia insularis), S and ? . 

 XL North-Island Wren (Xenicus stoJcesi),, ad. and juv. 



XII. Chatham-Island Warbler (Pseudogerygone albofrontata) ; Chatham-Island 



Robin (Miro tr aver si). 



The admirable manner in which all these plates have been hand-coloured, after the 



pattern drawn by Mr. Keulemans, by the Misses Dora Louise, Daisy Madeline, 



and Sylvia Rosamund Bowdler- Sharp e, and Mr. Gr. Edwards, has given me great 



satisfaction. 



T E X T I L L U S T R A T 1 N S . 



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Page 3 Pair of Paradise Ducks. 



4 The Bowen Falls, Milford Sound, 540 feet high. 



8 Croup of Hybrid Ducks. • 



18 Home of the Mountain Duck. 



20 Head of Mountain Duck. 



45 Head of Phalacrocorax melanoleucus. 



48 Gannets on their Nesting- Ground. 



57 Head of Quail-Hawk. 



76 Keas in Camp. 



91 The Home of the Kakapo- — Wet Jacket Arm. 



116 Bush View in the Buller Valley. 



122 The Last-known Resort of the North-Island Robin. 



126 Flycatchers on their Nest. 



160 Abnormal Growth of a Huia's Bill. 



