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

1867. A. G. Middleton, `Earnest,' p. 93:

"The bright parroquet, and the crow, black jet,
For covert, wing far to the shade."

1889. Prof. Parker, `Catalogue of New Zealand Exhibition,' p. 118:

"There are three species of parrakeet, the red-fronted (<i>Platycercus Novae-Zelandiae</i>), the yellow-fronted <i>(P. auriceps</i>), and the orange-fronted <i>(P. alpinus</i>). The genus <i>Platycercus</i> is found in New Zealand, New Guinea, and Polynesia."

<hw>Parrot-bill</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Kaka-bill</i>.

<hw>Parrot-fish</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Australia to <i>Pseudoscarus pseudolabrus</i>; called in the Australian tropics <i>Parrot-perch</i>. In Victoria and Tasmania, there are also several species of Labricthys. In New Zealand, it is <i>L. psittacula</i>, Rich.

<hw>Parrot-Perch</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Parrot-fish</i>.

<hw>Parrot's-food</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Tasmania to the plant <i>Goodenia ovata</i>, Sm., <i>N.O. Goodeniaceae</i>.

<hw>Parsley, Wild</hw>, <i>n</i>. <i>Apium leptophyllum</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Umbelliferae</i>. Parsley grows wild in many parts of the world, especially on the shores of the Mediterranean, and this species is not endemic in Australia.

<hw>Parsnip, Wild</hw>, <i>n</i>. a poisonous weed, <i>Trachymene australis</i>, Benth., <i>N.O. Umbelliferae</i>.