1890. C. Colenso, `Transactions of the New Zealand Institute: Bush Notes,' vol. xxiii. art. lvii. p. 482:
"During this extended visit of mine to the woods, I have noticed the piwakawaka, or fly-catcher (<i>Rhipidura flabellifera</i>). This interesting little flycatcher, with its monotonous short cry, always seems to prefer making the acquaintance of man in the forest solitudes."
1895. W. S.Roberts, `Southland in 1856,' p. 53:
"The pied fantail, Piwakawaka (Rhipidura flabellifera) is the best flycatcher New Zealand possesses, but it will not live in confinement. It is always flitting about with broadly expanded tail in pursuit of flies. It frequently enters a house and soon clears a room of flies, but if shut in all night it frets itself to death before morning."
<hw>Plain</hw>, <i>n</i>. In Australian use, the word not only implies flatness, but treelessness.
1824. Edward Curr, `Account of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land,' p. 55:
"The district called Macquarie Plains, the greater part of which rises into hills of moderate height, with open and fertile valleys interspersed, while the plains bear a strong resemblance to what are called sheep downs in England."
1848. T. L. Mitchell, `Tropical Australia,' p. 136:
"The country was grassy, and so open as almost to deserve the colonial name of `plain.'"
1873. A. Trollope, `Australia and New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 250: