Contents

Contents : acknowledgements -- introduction -- BIRDS OF THE OCEAN, COAST & SHORELINE (albatross, dotterel, gannet, giant petrel, godwit, gull, knot, mollymawk, oystercatcher, penguin, petrel, pigeon, plover, prion, sandpiper, shag, shearwater, storm petrel, tern, turnstone) -- BIRDS OF THE TOWN, FARMLAND & SCRUB (blackbird, fernbird, goldfinch, greenfinch, harrier, myna, pipit, plover, quail, redpoll, shelduck, silvereye, skylark, sparrow, starling, thrush, yellowhammer -- BIRDS OF THE BUSH & MOUNTAINS (bellbird, chaffinch, creeper, falcon, fantail, kaka, kea, kiwi, morepork, parakeet, pigeon, rifeman, robin, stitchbird, takahe, tomtit, tui, warbler, weka, whitehead, wren, yellowhead -- BIRDS OF THE WETLANDS, LAKES & RIVERS (coot, crake, dotterel, duck, goose, grebe, gull, heron, kingfisher, mallard, oystercatcher, pukeko, scaup, shag, stilt, swallow, swan, teal, tern, wrybill)