green(-)leek

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

n.


an Australian Parrakeet. See quotation.

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. v. pl. 15:

« Polytelis Barrabandi, Wagl., Barraband's Parrakeet;Green-leek of the colonists of New South Wales.»

1855. R. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 123:

«We observed m the hollow trees several nests of the littlegreen paroquet, – – here, from its colour, called the leek.»

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