. Birds of the water, wood & waste . i I \i A/U^Je ^:^^yA^-c ,/?. .L^^^ci-^.. The Pukeko (HE Pukekos nesting season,like that of the Weka, ex-tends over many months,from August to March atleast—and probably longer,for the cock birds may be seen sometimesin mid-April treading the hens. I havegot eggs in August, and eggs this yearwere found on March 14th, while a newly-built nest was obtained in mid-June. The earliest nest of the past season wasfound on August 30th, the bird still atwork on its construction. On September24th a pair had hatched their eggs, and onthe 25th we got two birds sitting.
. Birds of the water, wood & waste . i I \i A/U^Je ^:^^yA^-c ,/?. .L^^^ci-^.. The Pukeko (HE Pukekos nesting season,like that of the Weka, ex-tends over many months,from August to March atleast—and probably longer,for the cock birds may be seen sometimesin mid-April treading the hens. I havegot eggs in August, and eggs this yearwere found on March 14th, while a newly-built nest was obtained in mid-June. The earliest nest of the past season wasfound on August 30th, the bird still atwork on its construction. On September24th a pair had hatched their eggs, and onthe 25th we got two birds sitting. Afterthat no further note was taken of nests,for there are hundreds of Pukeko on theplace, the result of years of speaking, their typical nestingpositions may be classified into three lots: 68 BIRDS OF THE WATER Firstly, there is the top of a niggerhead orhuge rush bush, entirely open to the sky;secondly there is the type of nest placedat the base of flax clumps, niggerhead, orany suitable growth, and to some degreesheltered by overhanging greenery; a
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