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Wattle-bird

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Goo-gwar-ruck
English JS Main: 
Wattle-bird
English: 
"Melliverous Creeper", native name "Goo-gwar-ruck"====The bird is predominantly dark brown overlaid with black detail, and white flecks, spots and other markings over the head and back. the wing is brown with a chestnut brown bar. Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: birds
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12183
Respelt: 
gugwa-rag
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? -------------- 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. LS15 : "Gold-winged Bee-eater", native name "Goo-gwar-ruck" / Port Jackson Painter] Watling Drawing - no. 183 : "Melliverous Creeper", native name "Goo-gwar-ruck" / Thomas Watling]

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