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pelican

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Karr-ang-a-ba
English JS Main: 
pelican
English: 
Native name Karr-ang-a-ba," / "Scale of three Feet" ;"The Extent from the tip of one wing to the other 7 feet ------- The bird has a yellow bill, with a yellow patch around the eye. The body is predominantly white overlaid with grey hatched lines, except for black areas on the wing and back. The legs are blue-grey. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: birds
Sub-category: 
water
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12357
Respelt: 
garangaba
Part of speech: 
noun
Meaning Clue: 
‘car-rang-a bo mur-ray’ garangabu mari = ‘pelican’: Collins 1 [512.1:4] [BB] ‘Karr-ang-a-ba’ garangaba = (pelican): Painters [12357] [BB] ’garång-Gurång’ = ‘Pelican’: Kre [130:53.1]; ‘goolagerie’ gulagirai = ‘Pelican’: Curr, E.M.: 3 [400.1:8] [WIRA] ‘[...guliah]’: galiya = ‘Pelican’: AL&T Greenway (Ridley) [235:5.1] [KML]
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. 357 : "White Pelican", native name "Karr-ang-a-ba" / Port Jackson Painter]

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