Tawny Frogmouth
Language:
Australian:
Poo-book
English JS Main:
Tawny Frogmouth
English:
Gracile Goatsucker-------Native name Poo book an Excellent likeness -----The upper parts of the bird are brown overlaid with black hatched lines, black striations, and pale grey-white spots on the top of the head, back, wings and tail. The underparts are white, with brown striations. ...
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: birds
Sub-category:
night
Source:
Painters
Line:
12297
Respelt:
bu-bug
Part of speech:
noun
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?
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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.
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Comment:
Watling Drawing - no. 297 : "Gracile Goatsucker", native name "Poo-book" / Port Jackson Painter]