a bird.(The accent is now placedon the second syllable.) Aboriginal name for the Cacatuaroseicapilla, Vieill., the Rose-breastedCockatoo. See Cockatoo. With the first syllablecompare last syllable of Budgerigar (q.v.)
1890. `The Argus,' Sept. 20, p. 13, col. 5:
«They can afford to screech and be merry, as also the grey,pink-crested galahs, which tint with the colours of the eveningsky a spot of grass in the distance.»
1890. Lyth, `Golden South,' c. xiv. p. 127:
«The galahs, with their delicate grey and rose-pink plumage,are the prettiest parrots.»
1891. Francis Adams, `John Webb's End,' p. 191:
«A shrieking flock of galahs, on their final flight before theysettled to roost, passed over and around him, and lifting uphis head, he saw how all their grey feathers were flushed withthe sunset light, their coloured breasts deepening into darkestruby, they seemed like loosed spirits.»