. The animals of New Zealand; an account of the dominion's air-breathing vertebrates . er the eye; the sides of the head marked with of the wing, in.; of the tarsus, in.—Egg—-Creamy white,speckled and marbled with reddish brown; length, in. Mangare,one of the Chatham group. Mangare, in the Chatham group, is a very small islet, and hasa stony surface, which, however, is nearly covered with lowrigid scrub. When ]Mr. H. H. Travers visited the island, in1872. he found that the fern-bird was not uncommon. Itshabit of hopping rapidly from one point of cover toanother increas
. The animals of New Zealand; an account of the dominion's air-breathing vertebrates . er the eye; the sides of the head marked with of the wing, in.; of the tarsus, in.—Egg—-Creamy white,speckled and marbled with reddish brown; length, in. Mangare,one of the Chatham group. Mangare, in the Chatham group, is a very small islet, and hasa stony surface, which, however, is nearly covered with lowrigid scrub. When ]Mr. H. H. Travers visited the island, in1872. he found that the fern-bird was not uncommon. Itshabit of hopping rapidly from one point of cover toanother increased the difficulty of securing the bird. It has apeculiar whistle, Mr. Travers says, very like that which a person G 98 THE ANIMALS OF NEW ZEALAND uses in order to attract the attention of some other person at adistance; although Mr. Travers knew he was alone on the island,he frequently stopped mechanically on hearing the note of thebird, under the momentary impression that someone waswhistling to him. This bird is solitary in its habits, and seemsto live exclusively on Nest of Fern-bird. Family Paridae. Bill rather short, not notched at the tip. Nostrils partlyconcealed by tufts of feathers. Wing with ten primaries, thefirst much shorter than the second. Tarsi scutellate. Key to the Genera. 1. Tail shorter than the wings, the shafts of the feathers Xsrojecting. 2 Tail longer than the wings, the shafts of the feathers not projecting. Finschia. 2. Hind claw longer than bill. claw shorter than the bill. Certhiparus. These genera belong to the Parida^ australes, which are confinedto the Australian Region. The nostrils are longitudinal, andare not completely covered by feathers. THE BUSH CANARY 99 Genus primary about two-thirds of the second. Tail feathersfrayed at ends, the shafts projecting. Tarsi with three or fourscutell^, which are often united. Feet large, the middle toeand claw nearly as long as the tarsus; hind claw longer than thebill. N
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