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

See also Nankeen-Hawk.

<hw>Fantail</hw>, <i>n.</i> bird-name applied in England to a pigeon; in Australia and New Zealand, to the little birds of the genus <i>Rhipidura</i> (q.v.). It is a fly-catcher. The Australian species are—

<i>Rhipidura albiscapa</i>, Gould.

Black-and-White Fantail (called also the <i>Wagtail</i>,
q.v.)—
<i>R. tricolor</i>, Vieill.

Dusky F.—
<i>R. diemenensis</i>, Sharpe.

Northern F.—
<i>R. setosa</i>, Quoy and Gaim.

Pheasant F.—
<i>Rhipidura phasiana</i>, De Vis.

Rufous F.—
<i>R. rufifrons</i>, Lath.

Western F.—
<i>R. preissi</i>, Cab.

White-tailed F.—
<i>R. albicauda</i>, North.