Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . the end of October the female lays four eggs, of a pinkishcolour, with light-brown spots. I have also found this birdseggs in December, so they must breed twice a year. This theydo together. One evening, at the Little Barrier, hearing a noise, Icautiously approached, and from my concealment saw a more-pork following a white-head, near a nest. The male imme-diately tried to divert and allure it away, which he succeeded indoing by hopping further and farther, calling the whole time,and on being pursued darted into the thickest
Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . the end of October the female lays four eggs, of a pinkishcolour, with light-brown spots. I have also found this birdseggs in December, so they must breed twice a year. This theydo together. One evening, at the Little Barrier, hearing a noise, Icautiously approached, and from my concealment saw a more-pork following a white-head, near a nest. The male imme-diately tried to divert and allure it away, which he succeeded indoing by hopping further and farther, calling the whole time,and on being pursued darted into the thickest scrub, where itwas impossible for his larger enemy to follow. I then lost sightof him, but, on going back, to my surprise I found he had alreadyreturned, and was hopping round the nest, on which the femalewas sitting on eggs, which I forwarded to Dr. Buller. I found a few specimens of the white-head in the RimutakaRanges, near Wellmgton, in October, 1884. There are also some lran$atiimj$ IJcut goulmtti |tt$tit«t0t Vol. xix., Tort Fihr-ro/ JEotyi. ;^t — SNL4fiGEO PLAN ? or LOC/ILITr. - -3IAP OF THE -GBEAT BABmiR ISUND- Scale? i^iLCS O -1 2 H Ar B e ^ S MlL£i .11 ?• Weetman.—Notes on some Moa Remains. 193 on the Great Barrier Island, but none on the Hen andChickens, or any other nearer islands. The females and youngbirds are duller in plumage than the adult males : Head,breast, and abdomen white, with a very slight brownish tinge ;wings, back, and tail lighfc-brown. Their call consists, first, ofthree notes, like via, viu, viu, then four, like s«V, zir, zir,zir. They are useful, as they destroy a number of insects,which I have found in their crops, with minute seeds. This birdresembles in structure, habits, and call, the Pariis major. Inmy opinion a more suitable name for it would be the NewZealand Titmouse. Aet. XXIV.—Notes on soine Moa Remains found at the GreatBarney Island during February, 1886. By Sidney Weetman.[Read before the Auckland
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