1885. Wanderer, `Beauteous Terrorist, etc., p. 60:
"And have we no visions pleasant
Of the playful lyre-tail'd pheasant?"
<hw>Pheasant-Cuckoo</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the <i>Coucal</i> (q.v.), <i>Centropus phasianellus</i>, Gould. See also <i>Swamp-Pheasant</i>.
1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol. i. c. vi. p. 125:
"I shot over the island and enjoyed some very fair sport, especially with the pheasant-cuckoo."
<hw>Pheasant's Mother</hw>, <i>n</i>. an old name of an Australian bird. See <i>Orthonyx</i>.
1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Naturalist,' p. 180:
"That remarkable little bird, the `Pheasant's Mother' of the colonists, or Spine-tailed Orthonyx (<i>Orthonyx spinicauda</i>), about which also ornithologists have some difference of opinion respecting its situation in the natural system:'
<hw>Philander</hw>, <i>n</i>. an old scientific name, now abandoned, for certain species of the Kangaroo family. The word was taken from the name of the explorer, <i>Philander de Bruyn</i>. See quotation.
1894. R. Lydekker, `Marsupialia,' p. 36: