182 NEW ZEALAND NATURE-STUDY BOOK 
XIV.—NATIVE BIRDS. 
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The Tul. 
Amongst the best known of the New Zealand songsters 
is the Tui. In the early days of the Colony, before 
the bush was removed and settlement assumed its 
present dimensions, Tuis were very plentiful in all 
Fig. 112.—T ui, old and young. 
parts of the country; so much was this the case that 
Tui-pie was a favourite dish with the early settlers. The 
natives, too, were very fond of the Tui’s flesh and showed 
great cleverness in capturing the bird, a skilled fowler 
being able to secure as many as a hundred in a day. Their 
