A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand
Birds
Birds.
Hakoakoa, sea bird
Hawe, a sea bird as large as a goose; it has large skeleton feathers, which are highly prized as ornaments; it is only found near the Reinga
Hihi, a bird like the koromiko
Hihipopokero, a small brown bird with a white head, resembling the Canary. (Turdus albifrons)
Hioi, ground lark. (Ptilocinctatis.) Syn. with Kotihi
Ho-i-ho, penguin. Fam. Alcidæ. (Eudyptes antipodes)
Huia, a beautiful black bird, size of the jay; its tail feathers tipped with white; two little fleshy lappets under the beak. Fam. Upupidæ. (Neomorpha, genus, Melliphagus)
Hurukiwi, wild duck
Kahu, large hawk. (Falco harpe)
Kaiaia, hawk
Kaka, large brown parrot; the first bird that cries in a morning. Fam. Psittacidoe. (Nestor meridionalis)
Kakapo, ground parrot; it does not fly although it has wings, but hops from branch to branch; it is quite as large as a fowl; its colour is green and yellow, with black whiskers; it is a night bird, and extremely rare in the Northern Island. The natives state there are two kinds, one of which is larger than the Kiwi
Kakariki, green parrot. Fam. Psittacidæ. ( Platycerus Novae Zelandicae)
Kakatai, a bird
Kakatarepo, a bird
Kao, a sea bird seen on shore only in the night
Karearea, hawk
Karewarewa, sparrow hawk. (Falco brunnea.) Syn. with Kauaua. Ka tangi te Karewarewa ki waenga te rangi pai ka ua apopo. Ka tangi ki waenga o te rangi ua ka paki apopo
Karoro, a sea bird. Ka paoa te karoro
Karuhiruhi, a bird
Katatai, a kind of rail. (Ralus assimilis)
Kataitai, a bird. Fam. Fringillidae alauda. (Novæ Zelandiæ)
Kauau, shag or cormorant. Fam. Pelicanidæ. (Grancalus carunculatus)
Kauaua, sparrow-hawk
Kawekawea, a bird of passage. Syn. with Kohoperoa
Kereru, wood pigeon. (Columbus Spadicea)
Kikimutu, a bird
Kiwi, Apterix Australis. Fam. Struthionidæ. Syn. with Kiwikiwi
Koekoea, a bird of passage. Syn, with Kohoperoa
Kohihi, a land bird. Fam. Cuculidæ. ( Endynamys taitensis)
Kohoperoa, a bird of passage; the New Zealand cuckoo; it has a long tail, and spotted like the sparrow-hawk; its appearance a token for the kumara planting
Kokako, a black bird; the New Zealand crow. Fam. Corvicallaeas cinerea. (Glaucopia.) Syn. with Kakako
Koko, the mocking or parson bird. (Arthoceros.) Syn. with Tui
Kokoka, a bird
Kokomako, a bird. Fam. Meliphagidæ. The chief singing bird of the New Zealand grove. (Anthornis melanura)
Kokoreke, quail. Syn. with Koutareke
Kokorimoko, the sweetest songster of the New Zealand grove. Syn. with Korimoko. Genus Melliphagus
Kokotai, a little land bird
Komiromiro, a little bird
Konini, a bird. Syn. with Kataitai. ( Ralus assimilis)
Kopaopao, bell bird
Korimako, a bird. Syn. with Kopaopao
Korimoko, the chief singiny bird of New Zealand. Syn. with Kokorimoko
Korora, small green and white penguin. Fam. Alcidæ. (Epheniscus minor)
Korowatito, a little bird. Syn. with Matata
Kotare, kingfisher. Fam. Alcedinidæ. (Halcyon vagrans)
Kotaretare, a bird. Syn. with Kotare
Kotata, a bird
Kotihe, a bird. (Melliphaga cincta)
Kotihetihe, a variety of the korimako; white on the neck. ( Philotis cincta)
Kotuku, large white crane, chiefly found in the Middle Island, but occasionally in the Northern. Kotahi ano te rerenga o te Kotuku
Koukou, an owl; small size; easily killed with a stick in the day. Syn. with Ruru
Koutareke, a little bird
Kuaka, a small sea bird frequenting the shores, resembling a snipe; much prized as food
Kuku, pigeon; this word is also used for the oil extracted from it, which is highly prized as food
Kukupa, pigeon. Syn. with Kereru
Kuruengo, the shoveller; a duck of Taupo
Kurupatu, a land bird; very tame; when he hears the beating of fern root he flies to the pa, and is killed
Kuweto, a bird
Makomako, a bird. Syn. with Korimako
Mata, fern or swamp sparrow a small brown bird with four long feathers in its tail; it is regarded as being sacred
Matapouri, teal
Matata, a swamp bird; its flight short; is easily killed with a stick. Syn. with Mata. Fam. Luscindae (Sphinacacus)
Matuku, bittern. Fam. Ardcidæ. (Botaurus melanotus.) It makes three hollow cries at a time
Matukuhurepo, a bird, Syn. with Matuku
Miromiro, small land bird; very tame; can be caught by the hand. Fam. Museicapidæ. ( Miro albifrons)
Mirotoitoi, Fam. Muscicapidæ. (Muscipeta toitoi)
Moa, supposed to be extinct. ( Apterix giganteus.) The common name for the domestic fowl in all the domestic fowl in all the South Sea Islands
Moakerua, a black bird with red bill and feet; a fresh water bird; a water hen
Moakoru, very small rail
Moeriki, rail of the Chatham Isles. (Rallus Dieffenbachii)
Moho, rail; color black; said to be a wingless bird as large as a fowl, having a long bill; it is nearly exterminated by the cat; its cry was keo, keo
Mohoua, a bird. Fam. Certhidæ. ( Ochrocephala)
Momohoua, a bird. Fam. Lasindæ. Syn. with Riroriro. (Carthiparus maculecordus)
Momoroua, small bird with a white head
Morunga, a bird
Motingitingi, a small land bird
Ngirungiru, a bird. Fam. Muscicapidæ? Syn. with Merotoitoi
Okioi, a land bird (perhaps the Pelican)
Okiuai, lark
Onge, bird
Pakura, a bird. Syn. with Pukeko
Papa awa, a bird
Parekareka, a social bird. Fam. Pelecaidæ. (Granculus auritus)
Parera, wild duck (Anas superciliosa)
Pekeha, a sea bird
Pi, young birds
Pihaua, a little black-and-white bird
Pihipihi, a bird
Pihoihoi, the New Zealand ground lark
Pimirumiru, hawk
Piopio, a little red land bird
Piopio, a bird of passage from the South. Fam. Turdidæ. (Turnagracrassirostris)
Pipiawa, a small bird
Pipipi, wren. Syn. with Riroriro. Ka tangi te Riroriro ko te raumati
Pipipi, turkey
Pipitori, a small land bird
Pipiwarauroa, a beautiful bird of passage, in its habits resembling the swallow; white breast, with green and gold lines; it lays its eggs in the nest of the fantail fly-catcher. Fam. Cuculidae. (Chrysococcyx lucidus)
Pipiwawaroa, a bird. Syn. with Pipiwarauroa. The Pipiwarauroa and the Kohoperoa are called birds of Hawaiki
Pirangirangi, the smallest New Zealand bird; color black and yellow. Syn. with Miromiro. (Muscicarpa)
Piripiri, a very small bird
Pitoitoi, a small sea bird
Pitoitoi, a small land bird
Piwakawaka, a bird. Fam. Muscicapidæ. (Rhipidura flabellifera)
Piwauwau, a bird. Fam. Certhidæ. (Acanthisit a tenui rostris)
Popokatea, New Zealand canary bird. Syn. with Mohoua. (Orthornyx heteroalytus)
Poporoihewa, a bird; bill long like a snipe; it destroyed the kumara; hence the saying, E haere ano te Poporoihewa, e noho ana te kiore
Popotai, small bird; rail
Popotai, a sea bird
Popotai, a land bird (extinct)
Poreterete, species of duck
Porihawa, a bird
Porohaua, a bird
Powaitere, green parrot. Syn. with Kakariki
Puetoeto, a bird living in swamps
Pukeko, a bird; red bill and feet; back black; breast bright blue; and white under the tail. (Porophyrio melanotus)
Pukunui, a bird. Fam. Charidridae. (Charactrius obscurus)
Pututangiatama, duck with a very short tail
Purourou, a bird. Fam. Sturnidae
Putangitangi, Paradise duck. Fam. Anatidae. (Casarca variegata)
Pututo, a bird. Syn. with Pukunui
Puweto, a bird
Reoreo, a sea bird
Rirerire, half-grown kiwi
Riroriro, wren. Fam. Luscindae. Syn. with Pipipi and Momohoua
Ruru, owl; a stupid bird; easily killed with a stick. Fam. Strigidae athene. (Novae Zelandiae)
Taia, a bird
Taiko, a sea bird. Syn. with Takupu
Takahikahi, a sea-shore bird Syn. with Tuturiwatu
Takupu, a bird. Syn. with Taiko
Takupu, white gull; nankeen head
Tara, sea swallow. Pelecanidae. (Sula Australis)
Tarapo, night bird as large as a fowl; ground parrot. Syn. with Kakapo
Tarapunga, sea bird found at Taupo
Tataiato a small bird. Fam. Luscindae
Tatarihuka, a sacred bird; if killed it is said to cause rain or snow to fall
Tatariki, a small bird. Fam. Luscindae
Tatawai, a small land bird which cries in the night
Tawaki, large brown and white Penguin. Fam. Alcidae
Tei, brown widgeon
Teiwaka, teal or shoveller
Tewakawaka, fantail flycatcher. Fam. Muscica pidae Rhipidura flabellifera
Tiaki, a bird. Fam. Sturnidae
Tieki, a bird. Fam. Sturnidae. (Creadion carunculatus)
Tierawaki, a bird. Fam. Sturnidae
Tieutieu, a night bird
Tikaokao, barn-door fowl
Tiotio, a bird
Tirakaraka, small land bird
Titi, mutton bird; only heard on shore at night; lays inland in holes in the rocks one egg, and is very fat. Procellaria. (Pelecanoides urinatrix.) He manu wangainga tahi
Titimako, bell bird. Syn. with Korimako
Titipu, a sea bird
Titoitoi, a bird
Tiutiu, a night bird
Tiwaewaka, a very small bird
Toetoe, a bird. Fam. Luscindae. (Certhiparus Novae Zelandiae)
Toitoi, a bird. Fam. Fringillidae. (Fringilla albici)
Tokitoki, small duck; widgeon
Torea, a sea bird with red legs and beak. Fam. Chardridae. (Haematopus picatus)
Toroa, albatross. Fam. Procellaridae. (Diomedea exulans)
Toroa-hau-nui, black albatross
Totoara, bell bird. Syn. with Toutouai
Totawara, a bird. Syn. with Tatawai
Toutouai, a small black bird
Toutouwai, a small land bird which cries in the night
Tui, parson bird, also called the mocking bird; a beautiful black bird size of a thrush, with white delicate hair feathers under the throat. Fam. Meliphagidae. Syn. with Koko. ( Prosthemadera Novae Zelandiae)
Tukuraroa, a bird
Turituripourewa, a bird
Turuatu, a bird
Tutumata, a bird. Fam. Scolopacidae. ( Himantopus Novae Zelandiae)
Tuturiwatu, a sea bird found inland. Fam. Charadridae. (Charadrius Xanthocheitus)
Warauroa, a bird of passage. Syn. with Pipiwarauroa
Weka, rail as large as a hen; the wood hen. (Ralus Australis. Ocydromus Australis)
Wio, green duck
Wioi, a sacred bird given as an offering to the gods
Wiorau, small grey duck found on the forest streams.