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Honeyeater

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Balgo-nera
English JS Main: 
Honeyeater
English: 
"New Holland Creeper", native name "Balgo-nera" , January====The bird's head, back and wing are predominantly black, with a yellow bar on the wing and white tufts around the face. The bill is black and curved, and the tongue forked. The breast and belly are white with dark grey markings. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: birds
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12177
Respelt: 
balgå-nara
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? -------------- 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. 177 : "New Holland Creeper", native name "Balgo-nera" / Port Jackson Painter]

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