native-hen

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

n.


name applied to various speciesof the genus Tribonyx (q.v.). The Australian speciesare – – Tribonyx mortieri, Du Bus., called by Gould the Native Hen of the Colonists;

Black-tailed N. – h., T. ventralis, Gould; and in Tasmania, Tribonyx gouldi, Sclater. See Tribonyx.

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. vi. pl. 71:

« Tribonyx Mortierii, Du Bus., native-hen of thecolonists.»

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