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

"Potatoes were procurable from the Maoris in flax kits, at from one to five shillings the kit."

1884. Lady Martin, `Our Maoris,' p. 44:

"They might have said, as an old Maori woman long afterwards said to me, `Mother, my heart is like an old kete (i.e. a coarsely-woven basket). The words go in, but they fall through.'"

<hw>Kite</hw>, <i>n</i>. common English bird-name. The species in Australia are—

Allied Kite—
<i>Milvus affanis</i>, Gould.

Black-shouldered K.—
<i>Elanus axillaris</i>, Lath.

Letter-winged K.—
<i>E. scriptus</i>, Gould.

Square-tailed K.—
<i>Lophoictinia isura</i>, Gould.

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 321:

"We had to guard it by turns, whip in hand, from a host of square-tailed kites (<i>Milvus isiurus</i>)."