288 THE FOOD OP THE TASMANIAN ABORIGINES. 



2 & 3.— REPTILIA AND AMPHIBIA. 

 Only five species were distinguished, viz.: — 



1. The Iguana (i) Tiliqua nigrolutea. 



2. Another Lizard Homolepida casuarinae (?). 



3. The Black Snake HoplocephaKis curtus. 



4. The Diamond Snake — 



5. The common Frog Rana spec. 



This list is a meagre one, but it is hardly astonishing 

 that we find two such dangerous reptiles as the black and 

 the diamond snake distinguished under special names. 

 The formidable looking, though quite harmless iguana, 

 which is so common in Tasmania, could also not fail to 

 escape their notice, as well as the common frog, whose 

 native designation, rallah, is decidedly of onomatopoetic 

 origin. 



4.— AVES. 

 The following 53 species are enumerated by Milhgan: 



1. Albatross Diomedea exulans. 



2. Bald-coot Porph3i'rio melanotns. 



3. Cobbler's-awl Acantorhynchus tenuirostris. 



4. Cockatoo (white) Cacatiia galerita. 



5. Cockatoo (black) Calyptorlfynchus fimereiis. 



6. Crow Corvus coronoides. 



7. Wild Pigeon (Dove) Phaps elegans. 



8. Wild Duck (?) 



9. Eagle Haliaetus leucogaster. 



10. Eagle (Osprey).. Pandion leucocephalus. 



11. Eagle (wedge-tail) Uroaetus audax. 



12. Emu Dromaecus Diemenensis. 



■ J. Firetail Kstrelda bella. 



14. Gannet Sula australis. 



15. Cape Barren Island Goose. . Cereopsis nov. Hollandiac- 

 i6. Gull Larus pacificus. 



17. Native Hen Tribonyx Gouldi. 



18. Hawk Hieracidea orientalis. 



19. Small Hawk Astur approximans. 



20. Egret Herodia syrmatophorus. 



21. Heron Ardea nov. Hollandiae. 



22. Honeysucker Meliphaga australasiana. 



23. Kingfisher Alcyone Diemensis. 



24. Magpie (Shrike) Gymnorhina organicum. 



25. Magpie (black) Strepera fuliginosa. 



26. Mountain Duck Anas punctata. 



(i) According to Milligan's vocabulary the eastern tribes 

 called this animal Eyennah — that is to say, by the same name as 

 that given to Halmaturus Bennettii. 



