1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. pl. 11:
"Its loud, harsh and extraordinary note is heard; a note which differs so much from that of all other birds, that having been once heard it can never be mistaken. In comparing it to the nightly concert of the domestic cat, I conceive that I am conveying to my readers a more perfect idea of the note of this species than could be given by pages of description. This concert, like that of the animal whose name it bears, is performed either by a pair or several individuals, and nothing more is required than for the hearer to shut his eyes from the neighbouring foliage to fancy himself surrounded by London grimalkins of house-top celebrity."
1888. D.Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 36:
"One of the most peculiar of birds' eggs found about the Murray is that of the locally-termed `cat-bird,' the shell of which is veined thickly with dark thin threads as though covered with a spider's web."
1890. C. Lumholtz, `Among Cannibals.' p. 96:
"The cat-bird (<i>AEluraedus maculosus</i>), which makes its appearance towards evening, and has a voice strikingly like the mewing of a cat."
1893. `The Argus,' March 25:
"Another quaint caller of the bush is the cat-bird, and its eggs are of exactly the colour of old ivory."
1896. G. A. Keartland, `Horne Expedition in Central Australia,' pt. ii. Zoology, p. 92:
"Their habit of mewing like a cat has gained for them the local cognomen of cat-birds."