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

1895. G. A. Keartland, `Horne Expedition in Central Australia,' Zoology, p. 55:

"At any stockyard or station passed Kites were seen . . . at Henbury one female bird was bold enough to come right into camp and pick up the flesh thrown to it from birds I was skinning."

<hw>Kiwi</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a wingless struthious bird of New Zealand, the <i>Apteryx</i> (q.v.), so called from the note of the bird. The species are—

Large Grey Kiwi (Roa roa, generally shortened to <i>Roa</i>, q.v.)— <i>Apteryx haastii</i>, Potts.

Little Grey K.—
<i>A. oweni</i>, Gould.

North Island K.—
<i>A. bulleri</i>, Sharpe.

South Island K. (Tokoeka)—
<i>A. australis</i>, Shaw and Nodder.

See Buller, `Birds of New Zealand' (1888), vol. ii. p. 308.

1835. W. Yate, `Account of New Zealand,' p. 58:

"Kiwi—the most remarkable and curious bird in New Zealand."