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INDEX. 
Beetle, different varieties, 421, 423 
Bell found embedded under a tree, 184 
Bibds :—Apterix Australis ( kiwi ), 
220, 396 
Bittern ( matuku ), 119, 120 
Dinornis, 220 
Flycatcher ( pnoa/cawaJca ), 27 
Hawk ( Jcahu ), 400 
Hihi, 30 
Hoiko, the penguin, 408 
Huia, 150, 400 
Kaiaia, sparrow-hawk, 37, 400 
Kaka, brown parrot, 381, 404 
Kakapo, or tarepo, 238, 381, 405 
Kakariki, green parrot, 131, 161, 
382, 404 
Katatai (ralius assimilis ), 399 
Kauwau, or karuhiruhi, 408 
Kereru, or wood-pigeon, 381, 406 
Kiwi {apterix Australis), 220, 238, 
380, 396—398, 473, 474 
Koekoea, bird of passage, 178 
Kohoperoa, bird of passage, 178, 
405 
Koitareke, or kokoreke, 400, 406 
Kokako, the crow, 30, 117, 403 
Kokoreke, the quail, 400, 406 
Korimako, singing bird, 75, 402 
Korora, the penguin, 408 
Kotare {halcyon vagans), 400 
Kotihe, honey-bird, 402 
Kotuku, white crane, 407 
Koukou, or ruru, 400 
Matata, or koroatito, 403 
Matuku, or bittern, 119, 407 
Miromiro, and mirotoitoi, 403 
Moa, or dinornis, 132, 220, 237,398 
Moho periru, or motarua, 37, 399, 
400 
Parera, the duck, 407 
Paroquet, the green, 118, 137 
Patatai, or popotai, 399 
Pihoihoi, 404 
Piopio, bird of passage, 403 
Pipiwarauroa, bird of passage, 178, 
406 
Piwaka-waka, 31, 403 
Powakai, an immense bird, 398 
Pukeko {porphyrio), 37, 118, 123, 
246, 399 
Putangitangi, paradise duck, 407 
Ballus dieffenbachii, 399 
Riro-riro, the wren, 48, 132, 403 
Sparrow-hawk, 132 
Takahe {notornis), 399 
Tara, a small sea-bird, 70, 123 
Tarapunga, 407 
Tieke, 30, 404 
Titi, a sea-bird, 132, 382, 408 
Tongo-hiti, 39 
Torea, black sea-bird, 406 
Toroa, albatross, 408 
Totoara, 30, 408 
Totoriwai, 400 
Tui, 150, 381, 401 
Weka, 238, 381, 399 
Wio, the blue duck, 407 
Bird-traps, 381 
Bishop’s College, 312 
Bishops of Australia, their conference 
at Sydney, 303 
Bishop’s wig, its disuse, 148 
Bligli (Capt.), Governor of New 
South Wales, 283, 297 
Blood, payment for shedding, 352 
{note) 
Botany of New Zealand, 430—457 
Boulder Bank harbour, Nelson, 265 
Bouleott’s Farm, 350 
Box, carved, or he papa, 280 
Boyd, massacre of its crew, 208, 285, 
286, 314 
Bread, process of making, 390—393 
Bread-fruit (an), 183 
Brompton, its wreck, 291 
Broughton (Wm. Grant), Bishop of 
Australia, 294, 299 
Brown (Rev. Mr.), 369 
Burial rites, 97—101 
Burke (Sir Richard), his Church Act, 
304 
Busby (Mr.), appointed British resi¬ 
dent, 209 
Butterflies {pepe ), 420 
Cabbage introduced by Capt. Cook, 
206; cultivated, 378 
Californian gold mines, 261, 268 
Cannibalism abolished, 10, 211; 
noticed, 194 
Canoe preparing for sea, 171 
Canoes, list of those that brought the 
first settlers, 123; the first made 
by To to, 124 
Canterbury Colony founded, 212, 218, 
237, 264, 462 
Cape Maria Van Dieman, the spirits’ 
flying place, 28 
Cartwright (Rev. R.), 297 
Cascade Point, 236 
Caterpillar, the bulrush, 422—425 
Cavallos, 208 
