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IXOBRYCHUS: 44 Reed-roarer,” according to Billberg, who says ixos, G. = 
arundo , L., that is, reed, and brycho, G. = fremo, L., I roar. Lexicons give 
ixos = mistletoe, but also ixia as the name of a plant. All gardeners know 
ixias — the flowering bulb bearing plants with reed-like foliage. 
jabiru : See Xenorhynchus . 
JACANIDA3 : According to Marcgrave, who travelled in South America, jacava 
is a Brazilian name pronounced ya-sa-na in Paraguay (Hudson). 
KAKATOE : From the French for cockatoo (kakatoes), which is said to come 
from a Malay word. Kakatua, no doubt, is onomatopoeic in origin. 
koel : See Etulynamis . 
LACUSTROICA : This name was given by Mr. A. .T. North, and is formod from 
L. lacnSf lake (French, lac.ustre , English, lacustrine), and G. oicos, home. The 
bird was first taken at Lake Way, Western Australia, but the name 44 lake- 
dwellor” is said to be “ not in the least appropriate.” Emu, XXIII., 277. 
ItEvigasler, levigastcr : The first part of both these words is unsatisfactory. 
Latin lawns means lofthanded, unlucky; Latin livis means smooth; Latin 
Uvis means light in weight. Some mistake is suspected. The words resemble 
flavigaster y yellow-bellied. 
LALAHE : Tho name of a 44 sweetly smiling, sweetly speaking ” girl, immortalized 
by the Roman poet Horace, in one of his best-known odes. G. lalein t to 
prattle. 
LARUS : G. laros. An old name, used by Homer, x^erhaps 1,000 years B.c., for 
a seabird that “wets its feathers seeking fish.”—Odyssey, V., 51. Other 
Homeric bird names are Allots, Chen , Cycnos, and Geranos (crane). 
LEIPOA : G. leipein, to leave, and oon (plur. oa ), egg—the bird that “leaves ” 
its “ eggs ” in a mound of soil. 
LICHMERA : G. lichmeres means playing with the tongue. Some honey-eaters 
ox>en the mandibles, and “ play with tho tongue,” moving it from side to side, 
and putting it out, when drinking. 
LOBIBYX : G. lobos , hbe on account of tho bird’s wattles, and ibyr t a variation 
of the Greek word ibis, meaning tho ibis, so it is said, but ibyx suggests the 
Greek ibyzein to trumpet and ibycter , trumpeter, which is the name of a South 
American genus of hawks. 
LORI US : Latinized from a Malay word meaning parrot. Portuguese louro = 
parrot. Tho Argentine name for a x>arrot of the Pampas is loro (Hudson). 
MALACORHYNCHUS : G. soft bill from the “soft and flexible maxilla.” 
MALURUS : “Soft tailed,” according to Vioillot, who gives the derivation 
“ maloSy fener,” soft, and “ oura , cauda ,” tail. Malacos is the commoner Greek 
word for soft as in Malacorhynchus and malachurus, the latter word incorrectly 
including an h. 
nianucode : See Phonygammus. 
megarhyncha : This word and Burhinus and magnirostris have all the same 
meaning. 
MENURA : Probably from G. menos , might and oura , tail; meaning mighty or 
wonderful tail. The name “ Menura lyra, Shaw,” was, according to Newton, 
quoted by Lesson, 1831, and has been repeated by many copyists of syno¬ 
nymy, but he could not find that such a name was ever applied by Shaw. The 
bird had some extraordinary names before this, connected with Parkinson, 
the owner of the Leverian Museum, from whom Vieillot received some draw¬ 
ings. Vioillot called the bird “ Le Parkbison ” and Bechstein named it “ Park- 
imonius mirabilis ” and Shaw figured it before 1813 under the name of Para- 
disea parkinsoniana. It has been said that Menura is derived from G. menc, 
moon, and means “ moon-tailed,” but no authority can be found for the 
derivation. 
