berigora

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


aboriginal name for a bird ofgenus Falco, from beri, claw, and gora,long. See Hawk

1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of Linnaean Society,' vol.xv. p. 185:

«The native name of this bird which we have adopted as itsspecific name, is Berigora. It is called by thesettlers Orange-speckled Hawk

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' I. i. pl. 11:

« Hieracidea berigora. Brown Hawk. Berigora, Aboriginesof New South Wales. Orange-speckled Hawk of the Colonists.»