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Dangu, ilyniecobius fasciatus 

 Pigurla, kangaroo 

 Pigurla kade, skull (head) of kanga- 

 roo 

 Kanduii, bird {hawk V) 



I showed a black a skin of one. 

 Gillilka, hawk (Hieracidea occiden- 



talis) 

 TuUa, emu 



Tulla gnambu, emu egg 

 Gnambu, egg 



Yarda, eagle (Aquila audax) 

 Gurbarrii, small magpie (Cracticus 



nigrogularis) 

 Yelyel, common magpie (Gymnor- 



hina leuoonota) 

 Yimbalu, black magpie (Strepea sp.) 

 Ban ban akamina, (Jreoica cristata 

 Banban gudarra, Oreoioa sp. 

 Wajigga, crow 



Barrul, turkey (Otis australis) 

 Nundi, tail 

 MuUabutta, snake 

 Galga, Veranus Gouldii 

 Nurrill, Billalla, blue-tongued lizard 



(Tiliqna occipitalis) 

 Bigiirru, Traohydosaurus rugosus 

 Yurnga, Odatria punctata (?) 

 Aballa, Amphibolurus oristatus 

 Ilgilli, Amphibolurus sp. (?) 

 Yed, Diplodactylus spinigerus 

 Barula, Gymnodactylus Miliusii 

 Bold, Trapidolepisma sp. (?) 

 Gidda minyin, Moloeh horridus 

 Malda minyin, the knob on the head 



of M. horridus 



Probibly Malda means topknot or crest 

 Kenerally! 



Mika mika, buttcirfly, moth 

 Munbau, large moth (Cossid or 



Pirales) 



Also the larva of same, which is a favorite 

 article of food. 

 Wandanderi = i)up;i , Wandan walla 



= cocoon, of Munbau 

 Marditti, the larva of a wood-l)oier, 



much smaller than Manbau ; also 



the larva or pupa of a Psyche, sp. 



Both are a fa\orite food. 

 Windurbiddi, the caterpillar of a 



procession moth 



Probably the name Riven to a caterpillar 

 frenerally. 



Nurnun, beetle 



Dallibrindi. Gigadema sp. (Carabid) 

 Uei, Chrysobothris atrata (Bu- 

 prestid) 



Muragnan, large longicorn beetle 



(Prionoplid) 

 ililbar, longicorn beetle (Phora- 



oantha sp. ) 

 Burnar, lamellicorn beetle (Melo- 



lonthid ?) 

 Yidadyi, curculionid beetle (Amyc- 



terus sp. ) 

 Minga, ant, small black species 

 Minnin, ant, brown-liodied, and 



smelling very pungent 

 Yindalga, grasshopper 

 Burdumiti, Phasma sp. 

 Binbit, Yirrell, cicada 

 Warneyad, scorpion 

 Dardalyung, centipede 

 Gaira, spider 

 Barna mamma, ant lion (Myrmeleon 



sp.) 

 Birang birang, silver fish (Lepisma) 

 Tulluyirdal, Blatte sp. 

 Immir, blatta (Polyzosteria Mit- 



chelli) 

 Yerbit, Helix sp. 

 Wialwuda, Bulimus dux 



The blacks about the Fraser Range did 

 not know the rock wallaby (Petrogale later- 

 alis), nor the pink-breasted cockatoo (Caca- 

 tua los), nor the handsome bowerbird 

 (Chlamydodera pfuttata). T showed pre- 

 pared skins of all these to several of the 

 natives. 



BoTANIOAL OBJliCTS. 

 Pirrini, Sca3vola oxyclona 

 Pandiu, Soajvola spinescens 

 Tau, Da>mia Kempeana 



The flowers and hnds of this plant arc 

 greedily eaten by the aborig:ines. They 

 taste very like the seeds of the common 

 marshmailow. It is generally considered 

 that the plants belonging to the Asclepiadea^ 

 are poisonons on account of their more or 

 less acrid juice, but this does not seem to 

 be the case with this plant. At least the 

 buds of it are not, for I have eaten a num- 

 ber of them without the least ill effect. 



Kurdullu, Cynancbum floribundum 

 Kurdullu, Marsdenia Leichhard- 



tiana 

 Udya, Solauum Oldfieldii 

 Wobu yeri, Solanum orbiculatum 

 Gambunyiiin (Kast), Teucrium tili- 



lobum 

 Gumbu gumbu, Heliotropium asper- 



rimum 

 Bulgar, sirgar-tree, false sandal 



(Myoporum platycarpum) 



This tree sometimes exudes larj^e masses 

 of yellowish-white manna-like gum that has 

 a pleasant and very sweet taste. In spite 

 of this, however, the natives do not care 

 much for it as an article of food, probably 



