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resting and peering at the visitor. They frequent both the bush and the 
scrub as well as the caretaker’s plantation. 
Pied Fantail ( Rhi'pidura flabellifera). —Very common in the bush and 
scrub throughout the island, and always making their presence known, 
apparently more to welcome than resent the intruder. 
Grey Warbler ( Maorigerygone igata). —The grey warbler is fairly common 
in the bush and scrub. Its call is heard more often than the bird is seen. 
Motacillidae. 
Ground-lark ( Anthus novaeseelandiae) .—A few are found on the shingle- 
flat. 
Paridae. 
Whitehead ( Mohoua albicillus). —The whitehead is met with in the bush 
in small flocks, which, as soon as the visitor is discovered, crowd round 
Fig. 4.—Little Barrier Island : looking east from summit of Mount Archeria. 
and become very noisy for a little time. When their curiosity is satisfied, 
or they have decided that no harm is intended, they continue on their way. 
They are very common, and feed largely on insects. 
Sturnidae. 
Saddleback ( Creadion carunculatus) .—The saddleback was reported as 
rare on Little Barrier Island by Layard in 1862,* very common by Hutton 
in 1867,f and again rare by Reischek in 1882.J It has not since been seen. 
Meliphagidae. 
Bell-bird ( Anthornis melanura). —This is the most common species on 
Little Barrier Island. Everywhere from dawn to dusk the bush rings with 
its musical notes. They are quite fearless, and, regardless of the visitor, 
carry on an incessant search for insects, nectar, or fruit. They may be 
observed from a distance of two or three yards climbing up and down the 
trunks of manuka or other trees, feeding on insects in the crevices of the bark 
or perhaps searching out spiders in the undergrowth. 
* Ibis, 1863, p. 224. *j* Trans . N.Z. Inst., vol. 1, p. 104, 1869. 
Inst., vol. 19, pp. 183, 188, 1887. 
19—Science. 
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