(5) <i>Turnagra</i> (the New Zealand Thrushes), viz.—
<i>T. hectori</i>, Buller, North Island Thrush. <i>T. crassirostris</i>, Gmel., South Island Thrush.
The name <i>Thrush</i> was also applied loosely, by the early writers and travellers, to birds of many other genera which have since been more accurately differentiated. The common English thrush has been acclimatised in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
<hw>Thunder-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. an early name for one of the <i>Thickheads</i> (q.v.), or <i>Pachycephalae</i> (q.v.). See also quotation, 1896.
1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of Linnaean Society,' vol. xv. p. 239:
"`This species,' Mr. Caley says, `is called <i>Thunder-bird</i> by the colonists. . . . The natives tell me, that when it begins to thunder this bird is very noisy.'"
1848. J. Gould,' Birds of Australia,' vol. ii. pl. 64:
"<i>Pachycephala Gutturalis</i>, Thunder Bird, Colonists of New South Wales."
1896. A. J. North, `List of the Insectivorous Birds of New South Wales,' part i. p. 3:
"Pachycephala gutturalis, <i>Latham</i>. `Yellow-breasted Thick-head.' . . . From its habit of starting to sing immediately after a clap of thunder, the report of a gun, or any other loud and sudden noise, it is known to many residents of New South Wales as the Thunder-bird.'