BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND IN ORDER OF SIZE 55 
Haunts, mountains and all elevations up to scrub, flats by 
river, 3,000 ft. up where forest is scrubby. Runs with 
waddling gait, climbs with agility. Grazes like a rabbit. 
Nocturnal. , Facial dise like owl. Found in South Island, 
very rare. ( Psittaci (sub-order). ) J-atttaiciforw a, 
26 in. Rough-faced Shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus). 
Skin on face chocolate brown. Hyelids bright blue. Bare 
skin at base of lower mandible. Upper parts black glossed 
bluish green. White dorsal patch. Under parts white. 
Legs flesh coloured. Flight like other Shags, not recognisable 
on wing. Lives on sea coasts. Moves like other Shags. 
Distinguished from them by absence of crest, chocolate skin 
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on face and white dorsal patch. (Ciconiiformes.) Jaber aa Shrrw te 
27.5 in. Spotted Shag (Stictocarbo punctatus). Head 
black, white stripe down side of neck. Sides of face blue. 
Upper parts grey with black spots. Tail black. Under 
parts lead grey. Legs yellow. Rises with difficulty, flies in 
companies at low elevation. Lives on coasts and open sea. 
Never dives from air, always settles first. Swims low. Rare 
in North Island. In breeding season has two crests. Never 
goes far inland. Breeding,places widely separated, one in 
north the other in south. (Ciconiiformes.) Select. fotet—< 
27.5 in. Waite-throated Shae (Microcarbo brevirostris). 
Head glossy black and green, white line over eye spreading 
in patch over cheek, throat’ and neck. Bill yellow, also skin 
on chin and face. Upper parts glossy black. Under parts 
satiny black. Legs black. Movements very active, ascends 
to considerable heights, sailing in circles. Haunts, fresh 
water lagoons and rivers. Dives well. Distinguished by 
body and length of neck, and tail resembles a flying cross. 
Can erect small parallel crest above bill. Yapping call of. 
‘“‘Kow-kow kow’’ and ‘‘Ft-ft-ft.’’ (Ciconiifor 03.) Pabedan 
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28 in. Bronze or Pink-footed Shag (Hypoleucus chalco- 
notus. Skin and face black, eyelids blue. Orange crest in 
breeding season. Upper parts black with very noticeable 
bronze reflections. Under parts greenish black. Legs flesh 
coloured. Flight like other Shags. Haunts, southern coast 
of South Island and Stewart Island. Dives well. Distin- 
guished from other wholly black species, namely P. Carbo,. 
by Beane SN and flesh coloured feet. Almost solely 
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28 in. Stewart Island Shag (Hypoleucus campbellt).. 
Head same as Bronze Shag. Crest in breeding season. 
Upper parts black, glossed bluish green. Under parts white.. 
Legs flesh coloured. Flight not different from other Shags. 
Haunts, Stewart Island’ and parts of South Island. Almost: 
