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lapwing

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Kal.loo.nagh
English JS Main: 
lapwing
English: 
"Wattled Sandpiper", native name "Kal.loo.nagh" -------it is a rare bird sometimes / tho seldom to be met / with on the flats going / to Parramatta", and at bottom "Native name Thal.loo.nagh- -------- The bird has yellow facial wattles, a black crown, and white underparts. The wing and back are brown to olive green, overlaid with black hatched lines, with yellow spurs on the shoulder of the wing. The legs are pink and black striped. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: birds
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12314
Respelt: 
galu-na
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. 314 : "Wattled Sandpiper", native name "Kal.loo.nagh" / Port Jackson Painter] ---------- Native name Thal.loo.nagh

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