<hw>White-Eye</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the bird called variously <i>Silver-Eye</i>, <i>Wax-Eye</i>, <i>Blight-Bird</i>, etc., <i>Zosterops</i> (q.v.).
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. pl. 81:
"<i>Zosterops Dorsalis</i>, Vig. and Horsf, Grey-backed <i>Zosterops</i>; White-eye, Colonists of New South Wales."
1896. `The Australasian,' Nov. 14, p. 461:
"The unique migration on the part of the white-eyes has not been satisfactorily accounted for. One authority invents the ingenious theory that the original white-eyes went to New Zealand after the memorable `Black Thursday' of Australia in 1851."
<hw>White-face</hw>, <i>n</i>. a name applied to the Australian bird, <i>Xerophila leucopsis</i>, Gould. Another species is the <i>Chestnut-breasted White face</i>, <i>X. pectoralis</i>, Gould.
<hw>White Gallinule</hw>, <i>n</i>. one of the birds of the family called <i>Rails</i>. The <i>White Gallinule</i> was recorded from New South Wales in 1890, and also from Lord Howe Island, off the coast, and from Norfolk Island. The modern opinion is that it never existed save in these two islands, and that it is now extinct. It was a bird of limited powers of flight, akin to the New Zealand bird, <i>Notornis mantilli</i> which is also approaching extinction. Only two skins of the White Gallinule are known to be in existence.
1789. Governor Phillip,' Voyage to Botany Bay,' p. 273 and fig.:
"White Gallinule. This beautiful bird greatly resembles the purple Gallinule in shape and make, but is much superior in size, being as large as a dunghill fowl. . . . This species is pretty common on Lord Howe's Island, Norfolk Island, and other places, and is a very tame species."
1882. E. P. Ramsay, `Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales,' p. 86: