Koriniako.—Genus Melliphagus. The bell-bird, one of the sweetest songsters.

Kotare.—Halcyon vagrans. The king-fisher.

Kotuku.—Ardea flavirostris. A large white crane.

Koukou.—A small nocturnal owl, the "morepork" of the colonists.

Kuruengo.—The shoveller, a duck of Lake Taupo.

Mata.—A swamp-sparrow, a small brown bird with long tail feathers.

Matuku.—Botaurus melanotus. A bittern.

Mirmiro.—Miro albifrons. A small, graceful bird.

Moa.—Fam. Struthionidæ. (See Wingless Birds.)

Moakeroa.—A black bird with red bill and feet.