golden-eye

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

n.


the bird Certhialunulatu, Shaw; now called Melithreptus lunulatus,Shaw, and classed as White-naped Honey-eater (q.v.).

1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of Linnaean Society,'vol. xv. p. 315:

«`This bird,' Mr. Caley says, `is called Golden-eye by thesettlers. I shot it at Iron Cove, seven miles from Sydney,on the Paramatta road.'»

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