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tempora, L. temples. 
temporalis, L. templed. 
tenebricosus, L. dark. 
tenebrosus, L, dark. 
tenuis, L. slender. 
tephros, G. grey. 
testaceus, L. like a shellfish. 
textilis, L. woven. 
thalussa, G. sea. 
thio (theio), I run. 
thelc, G. teat. 
therao, G. I hunt. 
thorax, G. chest. 
threptos, G. nourished. 
t fires kos, G. sacred. 
tibicen, L. iluteplayer. 
toroloro, native name. 
torqualus, L. collared. 
torques, L. collar. 
tot anus, N.L. from Italian totano, 
treron, G. timorous. moorhen. 
tri, G. three. 
tribe in, G. to rub. 
trichos, G. hair (genitive of Un ix). 
tricolor , L. three-coloured. 
tringa,N' L. from G. I ryny as (truggas). 
triorchis, G. bird of prey. 
tropicus, L. tropical. 
tschegrava, a Russian word. 
tubus , L. tube. 
turdus, L. thrush. 
turnix, L. quail. 
turtur, L. dove. 
tyrannulys, L. little tyrannus. 
tyrannus, L. a genus of birds. 
tyto, G. night owl. 
unda, L. wave. 
undulatus, L. marked with waves. 
unicolor , L. of one colour. 
unus, L. one. [letter Upsilon (T). 
upsilophoros, G. bearing the Greek 
ura ( oura), G. tail. 
urinatrix, L. diver (feminine form). 
validus, L. strong. 
vanellus, L. little fan, plover, 
variegatus, L. pied. 
varius, L. different. 
velox, L. swift. 
venter, L. belly. 
ventralis, L. bellied. 
venuslus, L. comely. 
veredus, L. fleet. 
versicolor, L. different coloured. 
violaceus, L. blue. 
virago, L. amazon. 
virescens, L. greenish. 
virgatus, L. striped. 
villa, L. band. 
vHiatus, L. banded. 
vorare, L. to eat. 
xanthos, G. yellow. 
xenos, G. strange. 
zanthos = xanthos, G. yellow. 
zao, G. 1 live. 
zona, L. band. 
zonarius, L. banded. 
zone, G. band. 
zoster, G. belt. . 
D. INDEX OF PROPER NAMES, WITH ORIGIN. 
adelaidai. —City of Adelaide, South Australia. 
alberti. —Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. 
Alecto. — One of the Furies (mythological). 
(tlexandrw. —Queen Alexandra. 
alisteri. —A lister, son of Gregory M. Mathews, ornithologist. 
alligator. —River in Northern Territory, Australia. 
Amytis. —G. daughter of Astyages. 
antarcticus. — -Of the Antarctic. 
Ashbyia . — Edwin Ashby, ornithologist, Blackwood, South Australia. 
asialicus. — Asiatic. 
ariel. — Ariel, a fairy ; G. aerios, airy. 
aruensis. — Of the Aru Islands, South of New Guinea. 
auslralasia >.—Of Australasia. 
australis. —Southern, Australian. 
Balearicidce. — Balearic Islands, in the Mediterranean. 
banksi. —Sir Joseph Banks, naturalist, a companion of Captain Cook on his 
first voyage (17G8) (1743-1820). 
Barnardius. — Edward Barnard, ornithologist, member of Linnean Society, 
London. 
Bartramia. —Wm. Bartram (1739-1823), naturalist, of Philadelphia, U.S.A. 
Balhilda. —Woman’s name. 
baudini. —Captain Baudin, of a French scientific expedition to Australia. 
bengalensis. —Of the Bay of Bengal. 
bennetti. —Kcnric H. Bennett, ornithologist and collector, Riverina, N.S.W. 
bergii. — Bergius, Swedish scientist. 
bichenovii. —Bicheno, a Secretary of Linnsean Society, London, 1826. 
