...feathered inhabitants of New Zealand. Tui — This remarkable bird, from the versatility of its talents for imitation, has, by some, been called "the Mocking...white feathers hanging down from the neck upon the breast, resembling a pair of clerical bands. Its eye is penetrating, and its voice peculiarly mellow....

...its disposition, as to seem incapable of remaining in one situation, or unemployed, for more than a moment. There is not a note of any bird of the woods...white feathers hanging down from the neck upon the breast, resembling a pair of clerical bands. Its eye is penetrating, and its voice peculiarly mellow....

...and continuing their music till sun-rise, were, like our nightingales, silent the rest of the day." Tui. — This remarkable bird, from the versatility...white feathers hanging down from the neck upon the breast, resembling a pair of clerical bands. Its eye is penetrating, and its voice peculiarly mellow....

...the New Zealand birds, is that of Mr. Yate, from which we have abridged the following list. Tvi. — This remarkable bird, from the versatility of its...two small clusters of long white feathers hanging flown from the neck upon the breast, resembling a pair of clerical bands. Its eye is penetrating, and...

...good pie may be obtained by guarding the crop from depredation. Tui (Prosthemadera N. Zelandiie). — This remarkable bird, from the versatility of its...Its size is that of the thrush; and its plumage a beantiful glossy black, with a few very fine white hairy feathers, scattered about the head and breast,...

...of the woods, but what it exactly imitates; and when confined in a cage, it readily learns to repeat long sentences. It imitates dogs, cats, turkeys, geese, and, in fact, every sound within hearing, whether made by bird, biped, or quadruped. Power speaks of it as, even in its native,...