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Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Karreet
English JS Main: 
robin
English: 
Scarlet-breasted Flycatcher", native name "Karreet ----. . . "domestic little bird frequents fields & g / as the Robin in England & is called th / Wales & Norfolk Island where it is still / ous than in N.S.W. This is the ma / e breast is a much paler colour / head & tail instead of being nearly b / n -" -------This domestic little Bird frequents / Fields and Gardens, as does the Robin in / England and it is called the Robin of / new south Wales and Norfolk Island / where it is still more numerous than in / New south Wales. This is a Male, the / female breast is of a much paler / color, and the Back, Head and Tail, instead / of being nearly black, is a brown." =======The upper parts of the bird are very dark brown to black, except for a white-grey forehead and markings on the wing and tail. The underparts are red. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: birds
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12266
Respelt: 
gari-d
Part of speech: 
noun
Meaning Clue: 
‘Karreet’ gari-d = ‘Scarlet-breasted Flycatcher": Painters [12266] [BB] ‘... gurrit ...’ garid = ‘[Sunrise]’ (rain? cold? red?): Mathews 8006/3/7- No 7 [2:37.21] DARK] ‘curret’ garid = ‘Rain’: Everitt, Mary: Folder/Doc Afa [[84]:8] [GGA]
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. 266 : "Scarlet-breasted Flycatcher", native name "Karreet" / Thomas Watling]

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