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Index 
Cornish, C. J., best song-period, 10 
Creadion carunculatus, 98 
Creeper, brown, 78 
Crow, New Zealand, 101 ; found by Turi, 
104 
Cuckoo, bronze-winged, see Cuckoo, 
shining 
Cuckoo, English, interval of notes, 1 ; 
forms of the name, 110 ; difference in 
eggs, 168 ; method in laying of eggs and 
habits, 169-171 ; notes given by musi¬ 
cians, 173 
Cuckoo, long-tailed, 179 ; movements of, 
180 ; birds victimized, 180 ; a possible 
gathering for migration, 183 
Cuckoo, shining, 164 ; chased by fantail, 
25 ; in battle of the birds, 26 ; in story 
of Hau-tupatu, 59 ; migration of, 164 ; 
known to winter in New Zealand, 172 ; 
perhaps not migratory, 171-172 ; 
known as the bird of Hawaiki, 178 ; 
carries a pebble to lick, 178 
Cyanoramphus sp., 191 
Cymbals, quality of sound, 4 
Darwin, C., useful instincts pleasurable, 
10 ; bird-migration, 11 
Dieffenbach, E., call of huia, 95 
Differences in birds of North and South 
Islands of New Zealand, 70-71 
Double eggs, see eggs, double 
Double nests, see nests, double 
Du Bartas, vocalization of skylark song, 
87 
Echoic names of birds, 109-110 
Eggs, variation in size, etc., 36 ; double- 
shelled and double-yolked, 38-39 ; 
variation in coloration, etc., 168-169 
Emulation in song, 12 
Extinction of certain birds, 95 
Fairies, albinos their offspring, 64 
Fantail, 18 ; variations in nest, 20 ; an 
albino, 22 ; in Maori myth, 25, 26, 27 ; 
influenced haka, 28 ; caused death of 
Maui, 28-29 ; found by Turi, 104 
Fifth, a natural interval, 1 
Finches, 90 ; reason for name, 110 
Finschia novae-zealandiae, 78 
Flycatcher, 18 
Fowler, W. W., scale in bird-song, 1, 2 
Fulton, R., egg of cuckoo, 168 
Gannet, in battle of the birds, 27 
Garstang, W., art in bird-song, 15 ; 
vocalization of bird-song, 90 ; sonc? of 
chaffinch, 91 
Glaucopis cinere-a, 102 
Glaucopis wilsoni, 101 
Godwit, migration, 165 
Goldfinch acclimatized, 90 
Grey, Sir. G., see proverbs, Maori 
Greenfinch or green linnet acclimatized, 
90, 91 
Grey warbler, 48 ; probably two species, 
50, 57-58 ; influenced Maori music, 58 ; 
in story of Hau-tupatu, 58-59 ; origin 
of name riroriro, 59 r w - 
Gull, in battle of the birds, 27 & ?/ 
Gungl, I., notes of cuckoo, 173 
Guthrie-Smith, H., the pipit, 82 ; incuba¬ 
tion of tui, 113 ; song of kaka, 184 
Haka, influenced by fantail, 28 
Harmonics in vibrating string, etc., 4-6 ; 
in tempered scale, 7 ; in call of para¬ 
dise duck, 202-203 
Harmony destroyed natural scale, 7 
Hau-tupatu, story of, 58 
Hawk, in the battle of the birds, 27-28 
Hedge-sparrow, 45, 46-48 ; in thrush’s 
nest, 39 
Herbert, W., song of swallow, 12 ; 
learning of song by young birds, 14 
Heteralocha acutirostris, 94 
Heywood, J., note of cuckoo, 173 
Hihi, see stitch-bird 
Honge (New Zealand crow) in battle of 
the birds, 26 
Hudson, W. H., bird-cries and young 
birds, 14 
Huia, 94 ; restricted range, 95 ; on 
postage stamp, 96 ; valued by Maori, 
97 ; Earl Onslow’s son named Huia and 
presented to Maori chiefs, 97 ; only one 
form of the name, 110 
Humperdinck, E., notes of cuckoo, 173 
Hutton, F. W., cuckoo migration, 165 
Imitation in song, 12-13 
Jardine, W., song of titmouse, 68 
Jews’ harp, why a favourite musical in¬ 
strument, 136 
Kaka, 184 ; in battle of the birds, 27 ; on 
postage stamp, 97 ; used to call the 
bush from sleep, 132, 185 
Kakariki, see parrakeet 
Kapiti, a sanctuary, 98 
