fly-eater

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

n.


the new vernacular name for the Australianbirds of the genus Gerygone (q.v.), and see Warbler.The species are – – Black-throated Fly-eater – – Gerygone personata, Gould.

♣ Brown F. – – G. fusca, Gould.

♣ Buff-breasted F. – – G. laevigaster, Gould.

♣ Green-backed F. – – G. chloronota, Gould.

♣ Large-billed F. – – G. magnirostris, Gould.

♣ Southern F. – – G. culicivora, Gould.

♣ White-throated F. – – G. albogularis, Gould.

♣ Yellow-breasted F. – – G. flavida, Ramsay.

1895. W. O. Legge, `Australasian Association for theAdvancement of Science `(Brisbane), p. 447:

«[The habits and habitats of the genus as] applied to Gerygone suggested the term Fly – eater, asdistinguished from Fly – catcher, for this aberrant andpeculiarly Australasian form of small Fly-catchers, which notonly capture their food somewhat after the manner ofFly-catchers, but also seek for it arboreally.»

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

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