Séance from Zealandia by Dudley Benson

Upland moa
Crested moa
South Island giant moa
Heavy-footed moa
Scarlett’s shearwater
North Island goose
New Zealand stiff-tailed duck
New Zealand musk duck
Finsch’s duck
Brown goshawk
Forbes’ harrier
Haast’s eagle
Southern merganser
Moho
Norfolk Island ground dove
Whēkau laughing owl
New Zealand owlet nightjar
South Island piopio
South Island kokako
New Zealand raven
Moho
Chatham Island raven
Snipe-rail
Chatham Island coot
Tutukiwi South Island snipe
Finsch’s duck
Scarlett’s duck
Norfolk Island kaka
Matuhi bush wren
Haast’s eagle
Huia

Grey-headed blackbird!
Hodgens’ waterhen!
I call upon you now
To appear before us once again
I see your flicker in the candle
What do you want to tell me?

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