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hawk

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Geo-ga-rack
English JS Main: 
hawk
English: 
"Axillary Falcon", native name "Geo-ga-rack" ==== Bird with white head and breast with black marking above the eye, dark grey beak and yellow legs. The back and wings are grey, with black markings on the wing. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: birds
Sub-category: 
prey
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12100
Respelt: 
gugarag
Part of speech: 
noun
Meaning Clue: 
"Geo-ga-rack" gugarag = ""Axillary Falcon", native name "Geo-ga-rack" ..." hawk : Painters [::] [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. 100 : "Axillary Falcon", native name "Geo-ga-rack" / Port Jackson Painter] // [Black-shouldered Kite]

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