finch
Language:
Australian:
Goo-lung-ag-ga
English JS Main:
finch
English:
Temporal Finch, native name Goo-lung-ag-ga . It is a very common Bird in New South Wales / easily domesticated and of a most lively disposition, even when in a Cage, and in / a Day or two it is perfectly reconciled
Category:
fauna: birds
Source:
Painters
Line:
12245
Respelt:
gulanga-ga
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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Comment:
[Watling Drawing - no. 245 : "Temporal Finch", native name "Goo-lung-ag-ga" / Thomas Watling]