10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KOEKOEA»
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koekoea in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand
The canary and robin and others may all go under, but the koekoea will never fail
to find homes for his young and nests to rob from among the imported birds. Both
birds are predator/, and have FUVTON. — Disappearance of New Zealand ...
2
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
auriceps. Parrakeet. Common. * 22. Nestor meridionalis.f Kaka. Not common. -:•I.
^~ t Very common on Little Barrier. 23. Eudynamys taitensis. Long-tailed Cuckoo.
Koekoea. 24. Chrysococeyx lucidus. Shining 104 Transactions. —Notes on the ...
The name Koekoea is possibly formed from the word koe, to scream, and means
the “ Screamer,” the word koe~ being evidently formed from the squeak or
scream of any bird on being captured. It may have been applied to this particular
bird ...
Royal Society of New Zealand, 1904
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Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand
in 1904 was on the 11th October ; but in 1906 I heard one near Whakatane on
the 28th September. In 1903 at Rua-tahuna the first I heard was on the 15th
October. The koekoea appears soon after the nakonako. When an old Native at
my ...
The koekoea appears soon after the nakonako. When an old Native at my camp
saw the first koekoea of the season in that locality he said to me, " Kua puta te
koekoea, wainehu ana te ahua, ara e ahua poko- rehu ana" — by which he
seems ...
Royal Society of New Zealand, 1909
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Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
The number of ascertained species belonging to the New Zealand Avifauna, is
stated by Mr. Taylor at 136. Our last published lists contain the names of 160, a
few of which, however, are of doubtful specific value. 2. The Koekoea (
Eudynamys ...
New Zealand Institute, 1871
Hearing his call, Chieftain Koekoea of the long-tailed cuckoos, limbered up for
action. How proud he was that he had drawn the straw to be the first challenger.
How lucky, too, that he happened to be in Aotearoa and not wintering over in the
...
8
Birds of Aotearoa: a natural and cultural history
a natural and cultural history Margaret Rose Orbell, Carolyn Lagahetau. Tangi te
kawekawea, waiho kia tangi ana, Tangi te wharauroa, waiho kia tangi ana. E
tatari atu ana kia aroaro-mahana Ka taka mai te ahuru. K6ia! The koekoea sings,
let ...
Margaret Rose Orbell, Carolyn Lagahetau, 2003
9
Te Ika a Maui: Or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants: ...
... 405 Kakariki, green parrot, 131, 161, 382,404 Katatai (rallut assimilis), 399
Kauwau, or karuhiruhi, 408 Kereru, or wood-pigeon, 381, 406 Kiwi (apterix
Australu), 220, 238, 380, 396—398, 473, 474 Koekoea, bird of passage, 178
Kohoperoa, ...
10
New Zealand Birds: 24 Col. Illus. of Forest-inhabiting Birds
Long-tailed. Cuckoo. Koekoea. Urodynamis taitemis On flowering branch of
koheriki (Melicope ternata). (Plate 10) Of the two species of the cuckoo family that
annually visit New Zealand from regions nearer the equator, the larger long-
tailed ...
Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand, R. A. Falla, 1948
