BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND IN ORDER OF SIZE 29 
tinged olive. Tail black. Underparts white. Breast and 
sides grey brown. Pale yellow on abdomen. Flight flutter- 
ing. Haunts gardens, hedgerows, forests, and manuka scrub. 
Moves with agility. Very common, foster parent of Long- 
tailed and Shining Cuckoo. Conspicuous white markings on 
wings and tail. Passeriformes. afin set 
43 in Redpole (Acanthig pafestcnay: Introduced. Crown 
red. Lores and throat black. Upper parts reddish brown 
with longitudinal black streak, wings and tail dusky with 
paler margins. M. breast rose-red. Legs nearly black. 
Flight buoyant and undulating. - Haunts woods. Occurs 
further from civilisation than perhaps any other introduced 
bird. Common in sub-alpine bush and above it. Moves very 
actively. Distinctive feature, red head, dark chin ee and 
pale wing bar. Rises Cre Ores. 
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rom Australia. — Head yellowish olive. Hye sur- 
rounded by silvery white feathers. Line of black in front 
and below. Chin grey. Upper parts tinged with green and 
dark grey. Under parts light chestnut. Sides pale chocolate 
brown. Legs light brown. Twittering flight usually in 
flocks. Haunts orchards, gardens, forest lowlands. Move- 
ments restless, hurrying from tree to tree after food. Known 
by smallness of size and white ring round eye. Sometimes 
called Blight Bird. Call of two notes in dropping slur. 
Passeriformes. . betes 
5 in. White-breasted or Pied Tit tienen toitot). Head 
black. Frontal spot on upper mandible white. Under parts 
black. Wing feathers crossed at base by white patch. Under 
parts pure white. Tail black. Legs blackish brown, toes 
paler. Flight active, fluttering, peculiar fitful manner. 
Haunts bush clearings and homesteads, forests. Movements 
lively and sprightly flirting wings and tail. Peculiar habit 
(common to next species also) of resting on the sides of 
perpendicular tree trunks and thence making dives to the 
forest floor. Distinctive feature strongly contrasted plumage. 
Found only north of Cook Strait. Descending warble. 
Female greyish, but easily recognisable by similar build and 
manner. Passeriformes. oa 
5 in. Yellow-breasted Tit (Myiomoira macrocephala). 
Head black. White frontal spots on mandible rather faint. 
Upper parts black. Under parts pale lemon deepening to 
orange, sometimes whitish. Legs blackish, brown, toes paler. 
Flits from bush to bush, haunts outskirts of bush like Pied 
Tit, both at sea level and up to 3,000 ft. Movements lively, 
very quarrelsome. Differs from. North Island species by 
yellow breast. Less recluse when nesting. Throughout 
South Island whenever sufficient forest. Passeriformes. 
