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swan

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Mulgo
English JS Main: 
swan
English: 
The black Swan the size of an English Swan Native name Mulgo ------ The bird is painted dark grey-black heavily overlaid with black hatched lines, except for white patches on the wings and the red bill and patch around the eye. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: birds
Sub-category: 
water
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12351.2
Respelt: 
mul-gu
Part of speech: 
noun
Meaning Clue: 
"Mulgo" mulgu = "The black Swan the size of an English Swan Native name Mulgo..." swan black: Painters [::] [BB]
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. 351 : "Black Swan", native name "Mulgo" / Port Jackson Painter [Keith Smith comment: mulgo, mulgoa Collins)"[mul-go: Collins I: 512.3: JS}; no ’mul-goa’]

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