Aboriginal words and names, Upper Clarence River dialect, collected by Thomas George Hewitt, ca. 1909; with introduction, notes and index by Robert L. Dawson, 1936 - Page 21

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        - Open Forest and Grass Birds - (continued)
Plover (spur wing)                Dow-dow-arri-gum
Curlew (stone plover)            Bool-bin
White cockatoo                   Kay-er
Black     do               Wy-ee-lahr or Wig-ee-lahr
                                      (spelling doublful)
Parrott, King                        Bil-leen
   do     Rosella                   Doo-doo-my-ah
   do     Blue Mountain         Boo-yum
   do     Green leek              Joon-joo-nah
Hawk Wedge-tail eagle        Mee buhn
   do   Fish hawk                 N'gun-gow
   do   Sparrow                    Koon-doo-nah
   do   kind not stated          N'gud-gee N'gud-gee
Quail big                             Moom-been 
Quail small                         Wob-bung-bul-lin
Blue wren                           Boon-boon
Peewit or magpie lark          Wont-joo-joolum
Dollar bird                           Dow-dow
Swallow                         Tull-yan-boom-bah-ling
Kingfisher                           Tin-ding
Night owl                             Chon-gung

 

                           

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