magpie
Language:
Australian:
Dar-rung-a Gracula
English JS Main:
magpie
English:
"White-naped Grakle", native name "Dar-rung-a Gracula" ====The bird is black and white, with a pale blue - grey bill tipped with black. ...
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: birds
Source:
Painters
Line:
12150.1
Respelt:
darunga gara-gu-la
Part of speech:
phrase 2
Meaning Clue:
’gara-gula’ = ‘The ebb-tide’: King in Hunter [408.1:23];
’bara-gula’ = ‘The flood-tide’: King in Hunter [407.2:8]
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. 150 : "White-naped Grakle", native name "Dar-rung-a Gracula" / Port Jackson Painter] [[’Gracula’ IS A BOTANICAL NAME. JS Tuesday 21 February 2012]]