BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND IN ORDER OF SIZE 45 
Huia. Very very scarce. Bright blue wattles on side of 
bill, rich organ-like notes. -Call of ‘‘rio.’? Distinguished 
from Huia by black bill, smaller size, and grey colouring. 
Passeriformes. 
16.5 in. Long-tailed Cuckoo (Urodynamis taitensis). Head 
dark brown with purplish gloss. Upper parts dark brown 
barred and spotted rufous. Wings, tail feathers, and back 
barred rufous. F. smaller. Under parts pure white with 
longitudinal streaks. Legs greenish yellow. Flight swift 
and undulating and noiseless. Haunts, a lofty tree till 
sunset, when emerges to feed. Very active when feeding. 
Migratory, arriving second week in October; leaves end of 
February; semi-nocturnal in habits, rarely found north of 
North Island, mostly in South Island. Shrill whistle, like 
Greenfinch, only. very, loud. Often heard at night. ( Cuculi 
(sub-order). } © bhai 
SUA AL 
: 16.5 in. White-flippered Penguin (Hudyptula albosignata). 
liye silvery grey. Upper parts slaty blue, flippers widely 
margined white. White patch near middle of back margin. 
Under parts white. Uses wings as paddle. Swims with 
body almost submerged and head out of water like Blue 
Penguin. Haunts, South Island, East coast. Swims and 
dives expertly, clumsy on land, under water movements 
accompanied by upward strokes of the flipper. Distinguished 
by broad white margins of flippers from Blue Penguin. 
Sphenisciformes. M 
16.5 in. Capé Pigeon, Mottled or Spotted Petrel (Ddption 
or Petrella capensis). Head sooty brown, bill black. Upper 
parts white, broadly spotted brown. Wing quills brown. 
Under parts pure white. Legs dark brown. Flight rapid. 
True petrel flight. Haunts, ocean, sometimes in harbour in 
rough weather. Runs with outstretched wings before rising 
to fly. Alights on surface of water to feed. Flocks often 
follow ships at sea. Cry like a piece of iron drawn across a 
comb. Nocturnal on land, diurnal at sea. Chess board 
pattern on back, folded when sitting. Procellariiformes. 
17 in. M., $6,254n, F. Australian or White-backed_ Magpie 
(Gymnorhina™ pia k: LER ‘Head Sam ae 
black. F. neck and back grey, black colour less intense. 
Upper parts white. Outer part of wings black and terminal 
band of tail. Under wing, tail coverts, and vest white, the 
rest black. Legs black. Flies over tops of trees. Chiefly 
North Island. Hops with agility from branch to branch, 
more wary and shyer than Black-backed Magpie of Australia. 
Conspicuous black and white plumage and large size. 
Bubbling flute song, has also whistle-like call. Long squeak- 
like note of alarm. Passeriformes. 
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