Wattle-bird
Language:
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?
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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.
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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]