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robin

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Burra-mas-ron-er-e
English JS Main: 
robin
English: 
"Red-bellied Flycatcher", native name "Burra-mas-ron-er-e" ====The upper parts of the bird are predominantly black - dark brown, with a white band across the wing and on the edges of the tail. The breast is red and the belly grey. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: birds
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12248
Respelt: 
bara-marå-nari
Part of speech: 
noun
Meaning Clue: 
baldarari-dyiri = ‘Spurwing plover’: Bowman: ’Bulgara’ [13:6] [xxx?]; bindhawin-dhiri = ‘Plover’: Mathews Ngarrugu 1908 [338:61] [Nrgu]; dhiradhiri = ‘Peewee’: Mathews Ngarrugu 1908 [338:57] [Nrgu]; miriyan-dyiri = "Soft-tailed Flycatcher": Painters [xxx] [BB]; gun-dyiri = ‘duck’: AL&T Mrs Malone (Ridley) [DWL] [262:33] [Dwl]
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. 248 : "Red-bellied Flycatcher", native name "Burra-mas-ron-er-e" / Thomas Watling]

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