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piercing hazel. It has no song ; is easily caught ; 
and feeds upon the small insects found in the 
bark of the Kauri-tree. 
Kohaperoa — This bird is remarkable for its 
long body, and short cock’s beak. Its plumage 
is spotted ; brown and white about the breast ; 
the back and wings of a bright puce colour, va- 
riegated with a little black, which has a beautiful 
silky appearance. Under the tail, the feathers are 
precisely the same in colours and shape as those 
of the sparrow-hawk. Its legs are very short, 
and its claws strong; which detracts greatly 
from the beauty of its delicately-slender body. 
This bird is one of the sweetest songsters of the 
wood; but it is only seen or heard for about 
four months, in the height of summer. It se- 
cures itself, during the winter months, among 
stones, or in the holes of the Puriri-tree ; and 
does not leave its retreat till all danger of its 
being overtaken with cold is passed away. The 
natives say, that always before the wind is about 
to blow from the south the Kohaperoa ceases its 
song ; and does not commence again till the west 
wind blows, or till a breeze springs up in the north. 
Tuturiwatu — This is a small delicate bird, not 
much larger than the thrush ; with short black 
legs ; and a pigeon-beak, with the nostrils very 
far down and widely extended. It has a deep 
red eye, a longish neck, and a plumage spotted 
with various shades of brown. It lays its eggs in 
a compact nest, which it makes in the parasitical 
