<hw>Groper</hw>, <i>n.</i> a fish. In Queensland, <i>Oligorus terrae-reginae</i>, Ramsay; in New Zealand, <i>O. gigas</i>, "called by the Maoris and colonists `<i>Hapuku</i>,'" (Guenther)—a large marine species. <i>Oligorus</i> is a genus of the family <i>Percidae</i>, and the <i>Murray-Cod</i> (q.v.) and <i>Murray Perch</i> (q.v.) belong to it. There is a fish called the Grouper or <i>Groper</i> of warm seas quite distinct from this one. See <i>Cod, Perch, Blue-Groper</i> and <i>Hapuku</i>.
<hw>Ground-berry</hw>, i.q. <i>Cranberry</i> (q.v.).:
<hw>Ground-bird</hw>, <i>n.</i> name given in Australia to any bird of the genus <i>Cinclosoma</i>. The species are—
Chestnut-backed Ground-bird—
<i>Cinclosoma castaneonotum</i>, Gould.
Chestnut-breasted G.-b.—
<i>C. castaneothorax</i>, Gould.
Cinnamon G.-b.—
<i>C. cinnamomeum</i>, Gould.
Northern, or Black-vented G.-b.—
<i>C. marginatum</i>, Sharpe.
Spotted G.-b.—
<i>C. punctatum</i>, Lath., called by Gould <i>Ground-Dove</i>
(q.v.).
<hw>Ground-Dove</hw>, <i>n.</i> (1) Tasmanian name for the <i>Spotted Ground-bird</i> (q.v.).
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. pl. 4: