44 HOW TO IDENTIFY NEW ZEALAND BIRDS 
Flight powerful and rapid. Haunts, open seas. Common in 
North. Solitary and wild habits. Greyish face and stout 
black bil. Procellariiformes. 
15.5 in. Wirrce (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae). Head 
chestnut, eye red. Upper parts chestnut, middle of wings 
and shoulders black. Under parts white, tail ash. Legs 
blue. Flies in line legs trailing. Haunts swampy land and 
lagoons. Wades about rapidly, feeds head down tail raised, 
swims well. Very rare, bright colouring and upeurved pill 
conspicuous. Charadriiformes. YN alee tabew mes prsttnduas 
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16 in. Sparrow Hawk or Bust Hawk, (Neseriax pottsi). 
' Head dark greyis Tack, irides yellow, throat yellowish 
white.. Bill black, line of black over eye. Upper parts 
greyish black. Shoulders, scapulars, and wing coverts 
barred greyish white. F. larger, darker, and richer colour- 
ing. Under parts pale tawny varied reddish brown. Each 
feather on breast has dash of black on sides. These markings 
are triangular, giving spotted appearance to plumage. Feet 
yellow, claws black. Flight rapid, sometimes soars. Haunts, 
well-wooded districts both Islands. Hops. Shrill scream on 
wing, utterly fearless, arred 2a ae and short rounded 
wings. / Accipitres.) = ataKet wrt 
16 in. Sea. Swallow or _White- tihoteg Tern (Sterna 
striata). Head black,’ in winter spotted with white. Bill 
black. White line over bill. Upper parts pale ash grey. 
Underparts pure white. Legs reddish brown. Flight 
like swallow, beautiful with wonderful twists and turns. 
Haunts, coasts and river mouths; inland as spring advances. 
Shufiles about with constant low twittering, occasionally 
stretching wings upward like other Terns. | The common Tern 
of New Zealand. (Charadriiformes. | + dairies win 
16 in. South Island or Orange-wattled Crow (Callaeas 
cinerea). Band of black from bill round eye, bright orange 
wattles, blue at base. Upper parts ash grey tinged blue. 
Under parts ash grey, tail feathers blackish at tip. Legs 
black. Flight feeble. Haunts, bush country and wooded 
ranges. Travels Indian file through bush by hops, carrying 
wattles compressed under jaw. Very scarce on mainland. 
Bright yellow wattles. Passeriformes. 
16.5 in. Blue-wattled Crow or North Island Crow (Callaeas 
wilsoni). Band of black from bill round eye outlined light 
ashy grey merging into ash grey, bright ultramarine wattles. . 
Upper parts dark ash colour or bluish grey tinged dull 
brown. Tail olive black. Under parts ash grey tinged 
brown. Legs black. Flight feeble, limited to short dis- 
tances. Haunts, wooded hills of North Island. Flight a 
succession of hops. Wings and tail partially spread like 
