Item 02: Kamilaroi, and other Australian Languages, by Rev. William Ridley, 2nd ed. (Sydney, 1875) - Page 33
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NOUNS—ANIMALS.
eagle ... mullion
emu ... dīno-un or dhīna-wan (From dhīina {foot} wan {strong.})
fish .. guïya
(a certain species) dukkai
flea ... biriji
flies ... būrulū
fowl (black, like barn-door fowl) ... kulgoï
frog ... gindurra or yūria
grasshopper ... kaodūl or dubbibaiala
grub ... birrā
hawk ... muηaran or palōηa
hedgehog ... tulletūlā, or murruwol, or butta
herring (freshwater) ... bheriηgā
horned cattle ... nulkanulka
horse ... yarāman*
iguana ... dūlī
iguana (large) ... ūrūndiali
iguana (striped) ... ηūliali
insects ... kao
laughing jackass ... gorraworra, kūkūburra, ghūkūghāgha, or kūkūrāka
jew-fish ... kaikai
kangaroo ... bundār
kangaroo (red) ... ganūr
kangaroo (rat) ... tūrwai or gūnūr
kangaroo (paddy-melon) ... wāηoï or murriīra
leeches ... gūrman
lizard ... (edible) ... muηgai
lizard ... tārī
lizard (ruffled) ... bullawhākūr
lobster ... kurai or kerai
magpie ... burugābu katālu
mole (water-mole or platypus) ... pūpo-mor
mosquito ... mūηin
mussel ... kunbi or ginbi
mussel (large species) ... tuηghāl
mussel shell ... wollu
native compantion (bural {great high} gha {head}.)... buralga or būralgha
*All the Australians use this name—probably from the neighing of the horse, or, as some think, from "yira" or "yera" (teeth) and "man" (with).