1846. G. H. Haydon, `Five Years in Australia Felix,' p. 71:
"A bird of the owl species, called by the colonists morepork, and by the natives whuck-whuck, derives both its names from the peculiarity of its note. At some distance it reminds one of the song of the cuckoo; when nearer it sounds hoarse and discordant."
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. ii. pl. 1:
"<i>AEgotheles Novae-Hollandiae</i>, Vig. and Horsf, Owlet Nightjar; Little Mawepawk, Colonists of Van Diemen's Land."
1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. ii. p. 253:
"The Mawpawk, More Pork, or Mope Hawk, is common in most parts of the colony, and utters its peculiar two-syllable cry at night very constantly. Its habits are those of the owl, and its rather hawkish appearance partakes also of the peculiarities of the goat-sucker tribe. . . . The sound does not really resemble the words `more pork,' any more than `cuckoo,' and it is more like the `tu-whoo' of the owl than either."
1859. D. Bunce, `Australasiatic Reminiscences,' p. 14:
"Just as our sportsman, fresh from the legal precincts of Gray's Inn Square, was taking a probably deadly aim, the solitary and melancholy note of `More-pork! more-pork!' from the Cyclopean, or Australian owl, interfered most opportunely in warding off the shot."
1864. `Once a Week,' Dec. 31, p. 45. `The Bulla Bulla Bunyip':
"The locusts were silent, but now and then might be heard the greedy cry of the `morepork,' chasing the huge night-moths through the dim dewy air."