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Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. Barrington, `Voyage to New South Wales,' p. 39: The old colonists still repeat the most terrible stories ofBlack Thursday, when the whole country seemed to be on fire. Caley thus observes on this bird: `Dell-bird or Bell-bird.

nigra, Gould. There are sixspecies--Brush-tailed Rock-Wallaby-- Petrogale penicillata, Gray. There is a belief that in order to bringout the full flavour it should be stirred with a gum-stick. 220: I have sent you some of the sweet tea of this country, whichI recommend, and is generally used by the marines and convicts.