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owl

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Boo-Book
English JS Main: 
owl
English: 
"White-faced Owl", native name "Boo-bookÓ ====The bird has a white face outlined in black, a white breast flecked with black and dark grey, a pale brown back and wings with black and white markings on the wings. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: birds
Sub-category: 
night
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12115
Respelt: 
bu-bug
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. 115 : "White-faced Owl", native name "Boo-book" / Port Jackson Painter] [Keith Smith comment: Po-buck - J. Hunter 1790]

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