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Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Mirrin
English JS Main: 
mouse
English: 
"Native Name Mirrin / The Penes and Testacles made visible. The former placed between the latter and the anus. This / Animal I cut out of a fallen Rotten tree, into which my Dog drove it." ====Mammal in profile, facing to the left, depicted standing on its back legs on a fallen tree branch and leaning its front legs against a tree trunk. The mammal is brown overlaid with black and grey hatched lines, with white underparts. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: rodents
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12083
Respelt: 
mi-rin
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. 83 : Marsupial, "Native name Mirrin" / Port Jackson Painter]

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