lorikeet
Language:
Australian:
Goo-reet
English JS Main:
lorikeet
English:
"Red-breasted Parrot", native name "Goo-reet" ====The bird has a blue head, red bill, green wings, back and tail, a red to yellow breast and a blue belly. ...
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: birds
Sub-category:
parrot
Source:
Painters
Line:
12127
Respelt:
guri-d
Part of speech:
noun
Meaning Clue:
garud = ’Banksian Cockatoo’: Painters [12140];
garad = ‘cockatoo, black’: Hunter Sketch Book [117];
gurid = ‘Red-breasted Parrot’: Painters [12127]
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. 127 : "Red-breasted Parrot", native name "Goo-reet" / Thomas Watling]