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Penguin

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Gur-roo-mul
English JS Main: 
Penguin
English: 
Native name Gur-roo-mul. / ..., the only one yet seen in Port Jackson --- The upper parts of the bird are dark brown overlaid with black and pale blue stippled marks. The underparts are off-white with grey flecks. The wings are grey, edged with off-white. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: birds
Sub-category: 
water
Source: 
Painters
Line: 
12356
Respelt: 
garu-mal
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. 356 : "New-Holland Penguin", native name "Gur-roo-mul" / Thomas Watling]

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