saddle-back

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

n.


a bird of the North Island ofNew Zealand, Creadion carunculatus, Cab. See also Jack-bird and Creadion.

1868. `Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,' Essay onOrnithology, by W. Buller, vol. i. p. 5:

«The Saddle-back (Creadion carunculatus) of the Northis represented in the South by C. cinereus, a closely alliedspecies.»

1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' p. 64:

«It is the sharp, quick call of the saddle-back.»

1886. A. Reischek, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,'vol. xix. art. xxiii. p. 102:

«The bird derives its popular name from a peculiarity in thedistribution of its two strongly contrasting colours, uniformblack, back and shoulders ferruginous, the shoulders of thewings forming a saddle. In structure it resembles the starling( Sturnidae); it has also the wedge bill.»

1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 18:

« Creadion Carunculatus. This bird derives its popularname from a peculiarity in the distribution of its too stronglycontrasted colours, black and ferruginous, the latter of whichcovers the back, forms a sharply-defined margin across theshoulders, and sweeps over the wings in a manner suggestive ofsaddle-flaps.»

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

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