owl
Language:
Australian:
Boo-book
English JS Main:
owl
English:
"This Bird is about the size of the common / English owl. Native name Boo-book."
Category:
fauna: birds
Sub-category:
night
Source:
Painters
Line:
12114
Respelt:
bu-bug
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?
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The 5-digit numbers are the picture identification numbers quoted near the end of each entry.
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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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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. 114 : "Boobook Owl" / Port Jackson Painter]
[Keith Smith comment: buck'buck: Caley 1827]