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Language: 
Biyal Biyal
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? -------------- 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. 150 : "White-naped Grakle", native name "Dar-rung-a Gracula" / Port Jackson Painter] [[’Gracula’ IS A BOTANICAL NAME. JS Tuesday 21 February 2012]]

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