BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND IN ORDER OF sizE. 41 
Upper parts yellowish green. Legs pale brown. Rapid 
flight, rather zig-zag course. Haunts, outskirts of bush, 
wooded margins of creeks and rivers, occasionally cornfields. 
Frequents forests not necessarily near outskirts, in tree tops 
all year except in spring. Lively and restless movers. Chat- 
tering cry resembling the words ‘‘pretty dick’’ or “‘be 
quick.’’? Found south of North Island and South Island. 
Differs from Yellow-breasted Parakeet by red colouring | on 
forehead, and larger size. (Psittaci (sub-order).° attache 
12 in. Black-fronted Tern (Chlidonias albistriata). Head 
black margimec. wiuite, vi orange. Upper parts ash grey. 
White over tail. Lower parts grey. Legs red. Flight rapid, 
hovering over fields and water. Haunts, inland and seashore, 
wide riverbeds of South Island. Will rest motionless on 
eround, wings extended vertically. Distinguished by almost 
pearl grey cy Neate g and conspicuous orange bill. ‘ Charadrii- 
eorreOey Maote a hd Pal 
ed_or Pectoral Land Rail. (Hypo- 
taenidia pha ropeasis). e. and of ches round 
eye and down neck. Throat and side of face grey. Upper 
parts brownish olive spotted white. Quills dark brown 
banded rufous. Breast and sides brownish black, across 
breast zone of reddish buff. Legs light brown. Flies low and 
straight, legs trailing behind. Soon drops to cover. Haunts, 
meadows and native grasses, ditches and swamps. Nimble 
runner, gliding rapidly through the dense herbage. Not 
often seen. Distinguished by note, which is a harsh ‘‘crek- 
erek’’ very loud wad pa pee between Weka and Kiwi 
notes. (Gruiformes.) 4ya/f+o~ Podaseaha 
12 in. New aS 1 bchick (Poliocephalus rufopectus). 
No true crest, uish grey. Cheeks white, irides silvery 
grey. Head Maer. hind neck black glossed green. Upper 
parts dark blackish brown. Under parts silvery white. 
Breast rufous sometimes dirty yellow. Legs olive. Flies 
short distance skimming surface, flight difficult. Haunts, 
fresh water lakes and lagoons. Dives with agility, can 
remain under water swimming low and jerking mere, rots 
black wean of tail. ¢ Slee ox OP och 2th 
J igre 
12.5 in. Cook’s or White-winged Petrel (oetengs cookit). 
Crown ashy grey, forehead mottled white, throat white, bill 
black. Lower parts ashy grey, tips of feathers paler, wings 
brown. Under parts white stained with grey on sides of 
breast. Legs bluish purple with webs darker. Flight 
powerful and erratic. Haunts open sea off the coasts, breeds 
in burrows. Go further inland to nest than Forster’s Shear- 
water, in woody parts of island at high elevation, sitting on 
trees in moonlight, fly about singly as a rule, though 
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