. A dictionary of birds . rtius, printed in Hum-boldts volume, and how cleverly it has been worked into a romance by a recentnovelist all well know ; but unfortunately there are people who will Lave it thatthe romance of the story did not begin with Mr. Grant Allen. ^ This name, for a long while used in the books, was given by Cooks people,who compared the birds remarkable gular tufts to the earrings worn by theTahitians, and called Poies, as the word was then written. But Kago is given a<;the native name of the bird, and in the form Koko is still used, though Tui isthe commoner appellation
. A dictionary of birds . rtius, printed in Hum-boldts volume, and how cleverly it has been worked into a romance by a recentnovelist all well know ; but unfortunately there are people who will Lave it thatthe romance of the story did not begin with Mr. Grant Allen. ^ This name, for a long while used in the books, was given by Cooks people,who compared the birds remarkable gular tufts to the earrings worn by theTahitians, and called Poies, as the word was then written. But Kago is given a<;the native name of the bird, and in the form Koko is still used, though Tui isthe commoner appellation. 692 PA RSON- G ULL -PAR TRIDGE including the human voice. ^ In fine weather, as remarked by (/6is, 1863, p. 243), this species has the habit of mountingaloft in parties of half a dozen or more and indulging in variousaerial evolutions. Another mei-it it possesses is that of being anexcellent bird for the table, but probably few in future will havethe opportunity of tasting its good qualities. Dr. Gadow has de-. Pbosthematodera. (Aftit Buller.) scribed {Froc. Zool. Soc. 1883, pp. 67-69, pi. xvi. figs. 6, 7) thepeculiar lingual apparatus and mode of feeding of this bird. PARSON-GULL, a common name for the adult of either of theBlack-backed Gulls, Lams marinus and fuscus. PARTRIDGE, in older English Pertriehr, Scottish Patrick,Dutch Patrijs, French Perdrix, all from the Ijatin Perdix, whichword in sound does not imitate badly the call-note of this bird, soAvell known throughout the British Islands and the greater j^art ofEurope ^ as to need no description or account of its habits English name properly denotes the only species indigenous toBritain, often nov/adays called the Grey Partridge ^ (to distinguishit from others, of which more presently), the Perdix cinerea of ^ Sir W. Buller tells us how that having addressed a Maori assemblage inthe couise of a negotiation, at the end of his speech the chiefs tame Tui ex-claimed Tita (false), whereupon the dignitary
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