Emu Wren
Language:
Australian:
Mur-re-a-nera
English JS Main:
Emu Wren
English:
"Soft-tailed Flycatcher", native name "Mur-re-a-nera" May ====The upper parts of the bird are brown with black patches. The underparts are yellow ochre, except for the throat which is blue. The tail consists of five long, straight feathers with widely spaced barbs, and is approximately twice as long as the main body. ...
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: birds
Source:
Painters
Line:
12261
Respelt:
mariya-nira
Part of speech:
noun
Meaning Clue:
‘Mur-re-a-nera’ mariya-nira = "Soft-tailed Flycatcher": Painters [12261] [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?
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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. 261 : "Soft-tailed Flycatcher", native name "Mur-re-a-nera" / Port Jackson Painter]