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My route being by the sea shore, and the sea in many places 
laving the bases of the clayey cliffs, together with the extreme 
wetness and slipperiness of almost every thing from the late 
heavy rains, made this day’s travelling very unpleasant. At 
Motukaroro, the romantic and weather-worn S.E. headland 
of Tokoraaru Bay, the colossal bones of a huge whale lay 
bleaching on the strand. A black and graceful species of 
Hcematopus , with orange-coloured bill and legs, is common 
on these undisturbed shores. Their cry is very quick and 
shrill. These birds generally keep together in pairs; the 
plumage of the young ones is grey, with greyish bill and legs, 
totally unlike those of the parent bird. The natives call 
them Torea, and believe that this bird knows of an approach¬ 
ing storm, which he indicates by a difference in his note; 
crying, ‘ 4 Keria, keria” (dig, dig—i. e. shell-fish out of the 
sand, by the waves, as food for himself), before a storm, and 
“ Tokia, tolua,” after one. At 3 p.m., I passed Waihircrc, 
a beautiful waterfall, which fell down a perpendicular sand¬ 
stone cliff, the face of which, covered with mosses and ferns, 
appeared more than ordinarily lovely in this desolate and 
otherwise barren spot. I took a hasty glance at the vegeta¬ 
tion, in hopes of finding somewhat new, but could not detect 
anything. I obtained, however, another distinct species of 
Patella from the rocks, in this day’s journey. By sunset, I 
reached Anaura, a small village on the sea coast. Here, in 
the houses of the natives, a quantity of a thick succulent 
Fucus was hung up to dry, which they informed me they 
used as an article of food, mixing it with the expressed juice 
of Tupakihe ( Coriaria Sarmentosa, Forst .), to give it con¬ 
sistency. This Fucus they called Rimurapa. I noticed the 
beautiful little glossy Cuckoo ( Cuculus lucidus ), as being 
very abundant in this neighbourhood. This handsome bird 
is migratory, only remaining about three or four months in 
New Zealand ; but where it goes to in the w inter has not yet 
been ascertained. The natives—knowing that it left their 
