NO. 3-CHOOSING THE SITE AT NEW PLYMOUTH. SHIP'S COVE— (CONTINUED). Upon entering the " bush," by a track, we were followed by our native guides (their invariable mode of showing the way). This occurs from their insatiable curios'ty in examining the wear, to the very thread and style of 'he pakeha. Every wind in the path displayed to us new beauties in the evergreen vegetation. The graceful tern, with its noblo canopy of branches and lea Acs j the nikau, resembling the cocoa palm ; g'gantic pohutakawa, of the myrtle family, with its thousands of scarlet, honey laden blossoms banging over the shores; varieties of useful timber growth ; the twit tering and chirping of the feathered hosts, mingled with almost deafening sounds from a kind of tree locust; the rich green plu mage of the nimble kakatu ; the " ka !ka !" parrot; the " whoo whoo *' of the pigeon, as lie heavily shifts from bough to bough ; the beautiful tui, with its dark glistening plumage and white tufted throat—the "bell, or parson bird, of Cook's description —mocking the others. In a lofty honey suckle tree Wairuama pointed out two pairs of pigeons. The touch of a single shot brought one whizzing to the ground; and so heedless were the others that they re mained at their feed till two more were brought down by the next shuts. CATCHING BIRDS. The valley terminating, we struck off the path aud ascended the hill, through the tangled supple-jack and dense underwood that characterise the New Zealand forest, North and South. Upon the top Wairua ma pointed to a clear spot among some large pines, where lie intended to catch birds. Climbing to a branch, and taking with him a kaka (that we had winged) lie covered himself with branches; the bird kept up a continual cry, bringing down others so near the traps that the lurker within was enabled to grasp one wih his hand and draw it in side ; but not without a gash or two bein" inflicted by the bird. Presently the old man took Wairuama's place, while the latter ascended a lofty fern tree with his prize ; drew the ends of the branches over his head, in the form of a cone, till he was fairly enclosed, and performed a similar catch to the former one. 