Crested Tern

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Ger-ra-Ger-ra
English JS Main: 
Crested Tern
English: 
A Male. it lives on small Fish / Native name Ger-ra-Ger-ra ---------- The bird is predominantly grey with white underparts, and a black cap. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: birds
Sub-category: 
water
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12339
Respelt: 
gaira-gara
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. 339 : "Crested Tern", native name "Ger-ra-Ger-ra" / Thomas Watlin