INDEX 
Acclimatization of English Birds, 45 
Aesthetic sense of birds, 2, 14, 155 
Albatross, in battle of the birds, 27 
Albinism in New Zealand birds, 22, 64 
Albino, the offspring of a fairy, 64 
Anderson, Dr. R., bell-bird called 
mocking-bird, 161 
Anthornis melanocephala, 161 
Anthornis melanura, 142 
Anthus novae-zealandiae, 81 
Anthus steindachneri, 83 
Antipodes-lark, 83 
Arne, T. A., notes of cuckoo, 173 
Art in bird-song, 14-15 ; fantail, 23, 24 ; 
hedge-sparrow, 47 ; grey warbler, 54, 
56-57 ; brown creeper, 78-80 ; tui duet, 
and tui and bell-bird, 131 ; morning 
chorus of tui and bell-bird, 133-135 ; 
bell-bird, 157-158 ; theme with varia¬ 
tions, 158 
Bechstein, J. M., song of nightingale, 
10-11 ; of titmouse, 68 ; of woodlark, 
85 ; of crested lark, 86 ; of finches, 90 ; 
of starling, 93 
Beethoven, L., notes of nightingale, 
quail, and cuckoo, 173 
Bell-bird, 106, 142 ; aesthetic taste, 146 : 
notes recorded by Shortland, 149 ; 
most of recorded songs are females, 
151 ; whisper songs, 157-8 ; theme 
with variations, 158 ; song of male, 
159; corruption of name to mockie, 
160 
Best, E., battle of the birds, 25-27 ; song 
of greeting to shining cuckoo, 177 
Bird sanctuaries, 97-98 
Blackbird, emulation in song, 12 ; in New 
Zealand, 33 ; change in habits, 34-35 ; 
study of its song, 44 
Blackcap, French form of name, 110 
Blight-bird, 106 ; double nest, 107 ; its 
first appearance, 107 
Blue Lake, Mount Cook, 202 
Bolton, J., song of caged birds, 9 ; emula¬ 
tion in song, 12 ; mimicry in song, 13 ; 
first description and illustration of tui, 
113 ; morning chorus of tui, 116 
Brown creeper, 78 
Browning, R., reference to cuckoo, 173 
Buckland, J., godwit migration, 165 
Buller, W., song of New Zealand thrush, 
43-44 ; rarity of white-head, 69-70 ; 
song of pipit, 82 ; hunting huia, 96 ; 
considers blight-bird indigenous, 107 ; 
rarity of stitch-bird, 141 ; cuckoo 
migration, 165 ; character of kaka, 
185-186 ; vocalization of parakeet 
notes, 192-193 
Bunting, cirl, 89 
Bush-canary, 77 
Caged birds, period of song, 9 
Canary, bush, 77 
Casarca variegata, 202 
Certhiparus albicapillus, 69 
Chaffinch a favourite, 90 ; acclimatized, 
90 
Chalcococcyx lucidus, 164 
Chance, E., cuckoo and her egg-laying, 
Chatham Island bell-bird, 106 
Chord in music, composition of, 5 
Chromatic run, by thrush, 33 
Cicada, 204 ; female not apparently at¬ 
tracted by song, 12 
Cirl bunting, 89 
Clarinet, quality of sound, 4 
Colenso, W., battle of the birds, 27-28 ; 
cuckoo migration, 164 
Collectors, inveteracy of, 69-70, 96, 141, 
142, 147 
Collier, J., spelling of kea, 112 
Cook, Captain J., made tui known, 113 ; 
described morning chorus, 116 
Cormorant, in battle of the birds, 25-26 
211 
