Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

<hw>Dove</hw>, <i>n</i>. a well-known English bird-name, applied in Australia to the—

Barred-shouldered Dove—
<i>Geopelia humeralis</i>, Temm.

Ground D.—
<i>G. tranquilla</i>, Gould.

Little D.—
<i>G. cuneata</i>, Lath. [See also Ground-dove.]

<hw>Dove-Petrel</hw>, <i>n</i>. a well-known English bird-name. The species in the-Southern Seas are—

<i>Prion turtur</i>, Smith.

Banks D.-P.—
<i>P. banksii</i>, Smith.

Broad-billed D.-P.—
<i>P. vittata</i>, Forst.

Fairy D.-P.—
<i>P. ariel</i>, Gould.

<hw>Dover</hw>, <i>n</i>. a clasp knife, by a maker of that name, once much used in the colonies.