Red-eared F.—
<i>Zonaeginthus oculatus</i>, Quoy and Gaim.
Red-tailed F.—
<i>Bathilda ruficauda</i>, Gould.
Scarlet-headed F.—
<i>Poephila mirabilis</i>, Homb. and Jacq.
Spotted-sided F.—
<i>Staganopleura guttata</i>, Shaw.
White-Breasted F.—
<i>Munia pectoralis</i>, Gould.
White-eared F.—
<i>Poephila leucotis</i>, Gould.
Yellow-rumped F.—
<i>Munia flaviprymna</i>, Gould.
<hw>Fire-stick</hw>, <i>n.</i> name given to the lighted stick which the Australian natives frequently carry about, when moving from camp to camp, so as to be able to light a fire always without the necessity of producing it by friction. The fire-stick may be carried in a smouldering condition for long distances, and when traversing open grass country, such as the porcupine-grass covered districts of the interior, the stick is used for setting fire to the grass, partly to destroy this and partly to drive out the game which is hiding amongst it. The <i>fire-stick </i> (see quotations) is also used as emblematic of the camp-fire in certain ceremonies.
1847. J. D. Lang,' Cooksland,'p. 126, n.:
"When their fire-stick has been extinguished, as is sometimes the case, for their jins or vestal virgins, who have charge of the fire, are not always sufficiently vigilant."