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

White-bellied F.—
<i>P. albiventris</i>, Gould.

White-eared F.—
<i>P. leucotis</i>, Gould.

Yellow-breasted F.—
<i>Machaerhynchus flaviventer</i>, Gould.

1790. J. White, `Voyage to New South Wales,' p. 161:

"We this day caught a yellow-eared fly-catcher (see annexed plate). This bird is a native of New Holland." [Description follows.]

Fly-eater, <i>n.</i> the new vernacular name for the Australian birds of the genus <i>Gerygone</i> (q.v.), and see <i>Warbler</i>. The species are—

Black-throated Fly-eater—
<i>Gerygone personata</i>, Gould.

Brown F.—
<i>G. fusca</i>, Gould.

Buff-breasted F.—
<i>G. laevigaster</i>, Gould.

Green-backed F.—
<i>G. chloronota</i>, Gould.