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

Friar-Bird—
<i>Philemon corniculatus</i>, Lath. [Called also
<i>Leather-head</i>, q.v.]

Helmeted F.—
<i>P. buceroides</i>, Swains.

Little F.—
<i>P. sordidus</i>, Gould.

Silvery-crowned F.—
<i>P. argenticeps</i>, Gould.

Yellow-throated F.-
<i>P. citreogularis</i>, Gould.

Western F.—
<i>P. occidentalis</i>, Ramsay.

1798. D. Collins, `Account of English Colony in New South Wales,' p. 615 (Vocab.):

"Wirgan,—bird named by us the friar."

1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of Linnaean Society,' vol. xv. p. 324:

"<i>Friar</i>,—a very common bird about Paramatta, called by the natives `<i>coldong</i>:' It repeats the words `poor soldier' and `four o'clock' very distinctly."