lorikeet
Language:
Australian:
Goeril
English JS Main:
lorikeet
English:
"Red-breasted or Blue-bellied Parrot", native name "Goeril" ---/ This parrot has a fine white Tongue ====The bird has a blue head, red bill, yellow throat, and a blue belly with red above the leg. The underside of the wing is red, cream and brown, and the upper side of the wing, the back and the tail are green. ...
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: birds
Sub-category:
parrot
Source:
Painters
Line:
12125
Respelt:
guril
Part of speech:
noun
Meaning Clue:
"Goeril" guril = ""Red-breasted or Blue-bellied Parrot", native name "Goeril" ..." lorikeet rainbow, blue-bellied: 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?
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Comment:
Watling Drawing - no. 125 : "Red-breasted or Blue-bellied Parrot", native name "Goeril" / Thomas Watling]