THE FLOODED BANKS OF THK KIVEU. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Trip to Habariki — Forest scenery — Tarns in the woods — Changeable weather — 

 New birds identified in the forests — Golden eagle — Osprey — The hobby — The 

 cuckoo — Yellow-headed wagtail — Bohemian waxwing — Great snipe — Terek 

 sandpiper — Goosander — Smew — Black-throated diver. 



We were fast asleep the next evening when we were roused 

 up by Captain Engel's invitation to go down with him by 

 the steamer to Habariki to stay there three days. We had 

 barely time to dress and fill our pockets with cartridges. 

 The current of the river was in our favour ; it was running at 

 the rate of four miles an hour, and we accomplished the 

 twenty-seven miles in two hours. Arrived at Habariki we 

 scarcely recognised the place again. The snow had dis- 



