A History of the Birds of New Zealand.
Table of Contents
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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).page iv | |
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). |
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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).page vi | |
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.