A History of the Birds of New Zealand.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents.
Volume I.
Page | |
Titlepage | i |
Dedication | iii |
Original Prospectus | v– vi |
Preface to First Edition | vii– viii. |
Notice of the New Edition | ix– x |
Preface | xi |
Introduction | xiii– lxxxiv |
Text | 1– 236 |
Supplementary Notes | 237– 250 |
Extracts From Reviews. |
Plate I. | Blue-wattled Crow ( Glaucopis wilsoni). |
Orange-wattled Crow ( Glaucopis cinerea). | |
" II. | Huia ( Heteralocha acutirostris): male and female. |
" III. | Jack-bird ( Creadion cinereus). |
Saddle-back ( Creadion carunculatus). | |
" IV. | North-Island Thrush ( Turnagra hectori). |
South-Island Thrush ( Turnagra crassirostris). | |
" V. | North-Island Tomtit ( Myiomoira toitoi). |
South-Island Tomtit ( Myiomoira macrocephala). | |
North-Island Robin ( Miro australis). | |
South-Island Robin ( Miro albifrons). | |
Plate VI. | Yellow-head ( Clitonyx ochrocephala). |
White-head ( Clitonyx albicapilla). | |
New-Zealand Creeper ( Certhiparus novæ zealandiæ). | |
" VII. | Fern-bird ( Sphenæacus punctatus). |
New-Zealand Pipit ( Anthus novæ zealandiæ). | |
" VIII. | Black Fantail ( Rhipidura fuliginosa). |
Pied Fantail ( Rhipidura flabellifera). | |
" IX. | Silver-eye ( Zosterops cærulescens). |
Bell-bird ( Anthornis melanura): male and female. | |
" X. | Tui or Parson bird ( Prosthemadera novæ zealandiæ): adult and young. |
" XI. | Stitch-bird ( Pogonornis cincta): male and female. |
" XII. | Rifleman ( Acanthidositta chloris): male and female. |
Rock-Wren ( Xenicus gilviventris). | |
Bush-Wren ( Xenicus longipes). | |
" XIII. | New-Zealand Kingfisher ( Halcyon vagans). |
" XIV. | Long-tailed Cuckoo ( Eudynamis taitensis): adult and young, with Grey Warbler ( Gerygone flaviventris). |
" XV. | Shining Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx lucidus): with young Cuckoo in Warbler’s nest. |
" XVI. | Yellow-fronted, Red-fronted, and Orange-fronted Parrakeets ( Platycercus auriceps, P. novæ zealandiæ, and P. alpinus). |
" XVII. | Kaka Parrot and variety “Kaka-kura” ( Nestor meridionalis). |
" XVIII. | Kea Parrot ( Nestor notabilis). |
" XIX. | Kakapo or Owl Parrot ( Stringops habroptilus). |
" XX. | Morepork ( Spiloglaux novæ zealandiæ). |
Laughing-Owl ( Sceloglaux albifacies). | |
" XXI. | New-Zealand Harrier ( Circus gouldi): adult and young. |
" XXII. | Quail-Hawk ( Harpa novæ zealandiæ): adult and young. |
" XXIII. | New-Zealand Quail ( Coturnix novæ zealandiæ): male and female. |
" XXIV. | New-Zealand Pigeon ( Carpophaga novæ zealandiæ). |
Volume II.
Page | |
Titlepage | i |
Table of Contents | iii– vi |
List of Subscribers, Etc. | vii- xvii |
Text | 1– 332 |
Supplementary Notes | 333– 340 |
Index | 341– 359 |
Plate XXV. | New-Zealand Dottrel ( Charadrius obscurus). |
Banded Dottrel ( Charadrius bicinctus). | |
" XXVI. | New-Zealand Shore- or Sand-Plover ( Thinornis novæ zealandiæ). |
Wry-billed Plover ( Anarhynchus frontalis). | |
" XXVII. * | Red-necked Avocet ( Recurvirostra novæ hollandiæ). |
Pied or White-headed Stilt ( Himantopus leucocephalus). | |
Black Stilt ( Himantopus novæ zealandiæ). | |
" XXVIII. | Chatham-Island Snipe ( Gallinago pusilla). |
Southern or Eastern Godwit ( Limosa novæ zealandiæ). | |
" XXIX. | Black-billed Gull ( Larus bulleri). |
Red-billed Gull ( Larus scopulinus). | |
" XXX. | White-fronted Tern ( Sterna frontalis). |
Black-fronted Tern ( Sterna antarctica). | |
" XXXI. | Swamp-Hen ( Porphyrio melanonotus); and variety. |
" XXXII. | Moho or Takahe ( Notornis mantelli). |
" XXXIII. | Swamp-Rail ( Ortygometra tabuensis). |
Banded or Land-Rail ( Rallus philippensis). | |
Plate XXXIV. | North-Island Woodhen ( Ocydromus greyi). |
Black Woodhen ( Ocydromus fuscus). | |
" XXXV. | South-Island Woodhen ( Ocydromus australis). |
Buff Woodhen ( Ocydromus brachypterus). | |
" XXXVI. | Blue Heron ( Ardea sacra). |
White Heron ( Ardea egretta). | |
" XXXVII. | New-Zealand or Black-backed Bittern ( Botaurus pæciloptilus). |
" XXXVIII. | Pied Shag ( Phalacrocorax varius). |
Emperor Shag ( Phalacrocorax imperialis). | |
" XXXIX. | Spotted Shag ( Phalacrocorax punctatus). |
Chatham-Island Shag ( Phalacrocorax featherstoni). | |
" XL. | Wandering Albatros ( Diomedea exulans). |
" XLI. | Laughing or Mottled Petrel ( Æstrelata affinis). |
Buller’s Petrel or Shearwater ( Puffinus bulleri). | |
" XLII. | Brown Duck ( Anas chlorotis). |
Auckland-Island Duck ( Nesonetta aucklandica). | |
" XLIII. | New-Zealand Sheldrake or Paradise Duck ( Casarca variegata): male and female. |
" XLIV. | New-Zealand Shoveller or Spoonbill Duck ( Rhynchaspis variegata): male and female. |
" XLV. | New-Zealand Scaup ( Fuligula novæ zealandiæ). |
Blue Duck ( Hymenolæmus malacorhynchus). | |
" XLVI. | Yellow-crowned Penguin ( Eudyptes antipodum). |
Black Penguin ( Eudyptes atratus). | |
" XLVII. | North-Island Kiwi ( Apteryx bulleri). |
" XLVIII. | Little Grey Kiwi ( Apteryx oweni). |
" XLIX. | Leg of Dinornis elephantopus—front view. |
" L. | Leg of Dinornis elephantopus—back view. |
* In this Plate seven eighths natural size is inadvertently given for three eighths.