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together is distinctly heard. It is not to be wondered at that 
6 settIe ^ s . who ha d got hungry working in the wilderness 
understood it as ‘Morepork.’ ” (WM, p. 72). wuae ™ess, 
The common cry is at other times preceded by a vigorous 
upward slurred cry vocalized grreh, the r having the continent " 
sound, as m the krrou; this slurred cry is shewn in (4). From 
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its nature, one would suppose it to be a cry intended to startle 
i s prey into revealing their presence. The cry is certainly 
sufficiently startling when heard close at hand, coming f om a 
noseless but quickly moving shadow,-a slmdow that Tore 
often than not cannot be seen at all. 
A less usual cry is the one shewn in (5). It is like an indrawn 
S^aSZ ^r itCi \ the « ^ the air be« 
two ji* 1 ; ,he ,ir * he 
intervale nf * , Dush uttering this cry at 
h^ried dni!kT ° r S6C0ndS t0 h8lf a minute - Mother 
“t» C - 1 be - heard « times ‘ K sounds as 
prize • and I am Tl ‘'°' 1 / ! ' ran,latjj ig itself on having secured a 
P e, and I am told that this is the cry the Maori took a« n 
prognostic of rain. “ 01 took as a 
approach o^ t0 been Inl0wn to warn a village of the 
If the vin * enemy ’ ^ Crying k ° uk0u! whero! ^rol where! 
this c y des! t 7* r ° rtified ’ ^ pe °P Ie on hearing 
s cry, desert it and take to the bush for the night. 
in connection batt!<3 ° f the birds have been related 
onnection with the fantail; and it may be noted that that 
legend makes him one of the first ,, • i ■ l ? tllat that 
Zealand. " brst w mged inhabitants of New 
Of the six Maori names collected iWT n 9 nn +j, 
commonly used are rum , 1 ’ P ' 201) the ones more 
common." d U; rUru bein & mueb the more 
