stood erect with bill and neck stretched upwards the bill 
open as the cry pulsed up through the pipe. The deep nmb 
o - tie male often sounded at the same time as the call Tim 
continuous call of (9) is possibly a danger signal; the bird who 
uttered the call seemed to be running off from somethin- that 
had disturbed him. 1 
In a Maori account of the attacking* of a pa in one of the 
ays on Banks Peninsula, a scout climbed the wooded hill 
over ooking the pa:—“if you hear my voice sounding from 
o> ^ 1 ^ 6 sa *d he, then you will know that the pa is 
ai m vo ^ ce soun ds l° w down, the pa is not guarded 
a akuku did not keep them long in suspense, for he 
succeeded in reaching a position overlooking the pa, 
w ere he at once commenced to imitate the cry of the wood-' 
J ° 6e ’ ee ’ ^°~ ee • ^ le women of the pa listened, and said 
