Chatham Island W.—
<i>G. albofrontata</i>, Gray.
Grey W.—
<i>G. flaviventris</i>, Gray; Maori name, <i>Riro-riro</i>.
1889. Prof. Parker, `Catalogue of New Zealand Exhibition,'. 119:
"Grey Warbler (<i>Gerygone flaviventris</i>) also belongs to an Australian genus. It is remarkable for its curious and beautifully formed nest, and as being the foster-parent to the Longtailed Cuckoo, which lays its eggs in the Warbler's nest."
<hw>Warden</hw>, <i>n</i>. The term is applied specifically to the Government officer, with magisterial and executive powers, in charge of a goldfield.
1861. Mrs. Meredith, `Over the Straits,' c. iv. p. 141:
"The chief official in a digging settlement, the padra [sic] of the district, is entitled the warden."
<hw>Warehou</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for the fish <i>Neptonemus brama</i>, Gunth., called <i>Snotgall-Trevally</i> in Tasmania, and called also <i>Sea-Bream</i>. See <i>Trevally</i>.
<hw>Warrener</hw>, <i>n</i>. a name applied by Tasmanian children to the larger specimens of the shells called <i>Mariners</i> (q.v.). The name is an adaptation, by the law of Hobson-Jobson, from a Tasmanian aboriginal word, <i>Yawarrenah</i>, given by Milligan (`Vocabulary,' 1890), as used by tribes, from Oyster Bay to Pittwater, for the ear-shell (<i>Haliotis</i>). The name has thus passed from shell to shell, and in its English application has passed on also to the marine shell, <i>Turbo undulatus</i>.
<hw>Warrigal</hw>, <i>n</i>. and <i>adj</i>. an aboriginal word, originally meaning a Dog. Afterwards extended as an adjective to mean <i>wild</i>; then used for a <i>wild horse</i>, <i>wild natives</i>, and in bush-slang for a worthless man. The following five quotations from vocabularies prove the early meaning of the word in the Port Jackson district, and its varying uses at later dates elsewhere.