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Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Mong
English JS Main: 
ant
English: 
Ant This ant is the Natural size / Native name Mong, / only seen in Septr, Octr and Novr. ------- ant in profile with its head to the left, depicted standing on a wash of pale green and yellow overlaid with grey stained serpentine lines, and two tufts of grass. The ant's head is pale yellow-brown, with red antennae. Its thorax is pale yellow-brown with black and red stripes and yellow-brown legs. The abdomen is predominantly black, stippled on top with what appears to be gold metallic paint. The drawing is annotated in brown ink. Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: insects and spiders
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12407
Respelt: 
mung
Part of speech: 
noun
Meaning Clue: 
"Mong" mang = "Ant ..." ant: Painters [:] [BB] "Mong" mang = "Small brown ant" ant: Brown, Rbt: Georges R [264.72:2] [DgR] "Mon" man = "Any" ant: Anon (c) [c:31:15] [BB] "Mong" mang = "An ant" ant: King in Hunter [409.2:19] [BB] "muun" mun = "ant (green)" ant: KAOL Ridley [KML] [20:18] [Kamilaroi] "mu-un" mun = "Greenheaded ant" ant: Mathews KML/Dwl [278.5:9] [Kamilaroi] "Moon" mun = "Small black ant" ant: SofM 1900 05 21 [Tibbetts] [63:38] [WIRA]
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. 407 : Ant, native name "Mong" / Port Jackson Painter]

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