Karewarewa.—Falco brunnea. A quail-hawk.
Katatai.—Ralus assimilus. A kind of rail.
Kauau.—Graculus carunculatus. A shag or cormorant.
Kea.—A large parrot, common in the South Island. It was formerly a vegetarian, but in recent times it has developed a strong taste for flesh, and has wrought great destruction among sheep flocks. The fat surrounding the kidney appears to be its chief delight. Planting its strong claws into the woolly loins of the live sheep, it, by the aid of its powerful beak, pierces through those parts of the flesh and fat around the kidney, which it greedily devours, while the animal is powerless to resist its attacks.
Kereru.—Columbus spadicea. A wood-pigeon.
Kiwi.—Fam. Struthionidæ. (See Wingless Birds.)
Kohihi.—Endynamys taitensis. A bird.
Kohaperoa.—A bird of passage, the New Zealand cuckoo; it is a handsome bird, spotted like the sparrow-hawk.
Kokako.—The New Zealand crow.
Kororeke.—The New Zealand quail.