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swallow

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Goo-le-bee
English JS Main: 
swallow
English: 
"Sordid Thrush", native name "Goo-le-bee" ====The body is predominantly pale brown - grey, overlaid with darker hatched lines. The wings and tail are dark brown heavily overlaid with black, with white tips on the tail and edge of the wing. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: birds
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12231
Respelt: 
gulibi
Part of speech: 
noun
Meaning Clue: 
"Goo-le-bee" gulibi = ""Sordid Thrush", native name "Goo-le-bee"..." swallow Dusky Wood: Painters [::12231] [BB]
Source Details: 
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002 Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814? -------------- NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON <[WebCat] Search The Natural History Museum's library catalogue> The 5-digit numbers are the picture identification numbers quoted near the end of each entry. --------- Most or all of the items with an indigenous word attached are in the JS PAINTERS ringbinder, arranged alphabelically by a JS ’no hyphens’ transcription. ========= NO PAINTERS FILE: This is the PENCIL line number (in JS ’Painters’ ringbinder) supplied by Keith Smith. the page numbers entered by JS
Comment: 
Watling Drawing - no. 231 : "Sordid Thrush", native name "Goo-le-bee" / Port Jackson Painter]

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