1896. Baldwin Spencer, `Horne Expedition in Central Australia,' Narrative, p. 41:
"Numerous lizards such as the strange <i>Moloch horridus</i>, the bright yellow, orange, red and black of which render it in life very different in appearance from the bleached specimens of museum cases."
<hw>Mongan</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal name for the animal named in the quotation.
1890. C. Lumholtz, `Among Cannibals,' p. 173:
"Jimmy, however, had, to my great delight, found mongan (<i>Pseudochirus herbertensis</i>), a new and very pretty mammal, whose habitat is exclusively the highest tops of the scrubs in the Coast Mountains."
<hw>Monk</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the <i>Friar Bird</i> (q.v.).
<hw>Monkey-Bear</hw>, or <hw>Monkey</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Native Bear</i>. See <i>Bear</i>.
1853. C. St. Julian and E. K. Silvester, `The Productions, Industry, and Resources of New South Wales,' p. 30:
"The <i>Kola</i>, so called by the aborigines, but more commonly known among the settlers as the native bear or monkey, is found in brush and forest lands . . ."
1891. Mrs. Cross (Ada Cambridge), `The Three Miss Kings,' p. 9: