"The usual red gum was observed oozing out from the bark, and this attracted their notice, as it did that of every explorer who had landed upon the continent. This gum is a species of kino, and possesses powerful astringent, and probably staining, qualities."
<hw>Red Gurnet-Perch</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Victoria to the fish <i>Sebastes percoides</i>, Richards., family <i>Scorpaenidae</i>. It is also called <i>Poddly</i>; <i>Red Gurnard</i>, or <i>Gurnet</i>; and in New Zealand, <i>Pohuikaroa</i>. See <i>Perch</i> and <i>Gurnet</i>.
1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,' p. 48:
"<i>Sebastes percoides</i>, a fish of a closely allied genus of the same family [as <i>Scorpaena cruenta</i>, the red rock-cod]. It is caught at times in Port Jackson, but has no local name. In Victoria it is called the Red Gurnet-perch."
<hw>Redhead</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Firetail</i>.
<hw>Red-knee</hw>, <i>n</i>. sometimes called the <i>Red-kneed Dottrel</i>, <i>Charadrius ruftveniris</i>, formerly <i>Erythrogonys cinctus</i>, Gould. A species of a genus of Australian plovers.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. vi. pl. 21:
"<i>Erythrogonys Cinctus</i>, Gould; Banded Red-knee."
<hw>Red Mulga</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to a species of Acacia, <i>A. cyperophylla</i>, F. v. M., owing to the red colour of the flakes of bark which peel off the stem. See <i>Mulga</i>.
1896. Baldwin Spencer, `Home Expedition in Central Australia,' Narrative, pt. i. p. 16: