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village proper and the natives keep the open space
in the center well swept with fresh brooms and
clear of pigs. The houses are not on piles as they
are in rock of Rieta. I made my home under a
projecting shed of the kukuwai's abode. A few mos-
quitoes called during the night.
Feb. 29th.
Went out shooting in the morning with
most of the male population. One teal duck, a
long-tailed swift, yellow-headed parrot, and some
kingfishers. Saw a white-eared kingfisher on a
large river and a peculiar ground-dove with a
long tail which at first I mistook for the
long-tailed dove (kotute'), but the natives informed
me "this fella belong ground all together he make
him kaikai & make him house." They seemed to
know the pigmy parrot. Saw a small flock of
what looked like the red parakeet (yellow-bis-
and black head). One village visited-Viakoa in
the process of moving which illustrates the nomad-
dic practice of the natives of this and surround-
ing district. Two large bush rats were brought
in at Eropawia as I had inquired about them.
When I set to work to put up the material
and looked in the two cartridge-boxes the Doctor
had so carefully packed when he offered to help