BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND IN ORDER OF SIZE oT 
Albatross by smaller size and black back. Procellarii- 
formes. Prac Pitti 
30 in. Common Bittern or Black hacker puten (Botaurus 
poiciloptilus). Crown and nape dar rown, tforepart of 
neck feathers elongated forming ruff. Upper parts dark 
purplish brown varied buff. Under parts pale yellowish 
buff. Legs pale green. Flight slow and steady, legs 
elongated behind, head drawn up to shoulders. Haunts 
raupo swamps, sedgy lagoons, and swamp flats. Stalks 
knee deep in water, hides in reeds, neck stretched up, bill 
pointing skyward. Curious booming note, absence of con- 
tour feathers along back of neck. ‘Giconiitormes:) Hiern g 
30 in. Yellow-nosed Mollymawk (Thalassarche chlororhyn- 
chus). Head white tinged with grey on sides of face and 
neck. Dark mark in front of eye. Upper parts sooty 
brown; young have dark coloured back, wings, and tail. 
Under parts white. Legs flesh colour. Flight excellent. 
Haunts, Southern oceans, especially south of Indian Ocean. 
Moves same as other Albatrosses. Known by marked yellow 
ridge at the top of its black hill. Procellariiformes. 
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31 in. Snares Island or White-capped Mollymawk 
(Thalassarche bullert). Head pale grey, dark patch in front 
of eye. Young entirely brown. Upper parts sooty brown. 
Under parts white. Legs/red) Flight like all Albatrosses, 
very powerful. Haunts, oceans. Distinguished by upper 
and lower margins of bill being yellow. A comparatively 
narrow black band in centre. Procellariiformes. 
33 in. Giant Petrel or Nelly. (Macronectes giganteus). 
Head pale sooty brown. Bill pale horn coloured. Upper 
parts chocolate brown, colouring variable, sometimes white. 
Under parts chocolate brown. Legs/'brown. ?Flight like 
Albatrosses, but more laboured. Alternates a few strokes 
with long glides. Haunts, oceans, deep sounds and 
estuaries, bays and harbours. Secours the ocean singly or 
in twos. Very clumsy on land, settles on water to feed on 
carrion. Usually to be found where refuse is floating. 
Called the vulture of the sea. Known by heavy horn 
coloured bill, conspicuous in flight. Procellariiformes. 
33.5 in. Pied Sha (Hypoteucus' varius). Crown 
greenish black, sides of He oat white; blue cirele round eye. 
Irides pale green, gular patch of orange. Upper parts 
greenish black. Under surface of wings black. Under 
parts pure white in adults. Legs black. Flight heavy but 
rapid, neck outstretched. Haunts, sea coasts and estuaries. 
Stands upright, wings half stretched out. Bellows like a 
frog. Perches on trees. Large size »nd expanse of white 
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