Part 47 (2/2)

We have seen two or three skins quite black, spotted hite, but these are very rare”

1885 H HHayter, `Carboona,' p 35:

”A blanket made of the fur-covered skins of the native cat”

1894 `The Argus,' June 23, p 11, col 4:

”The voices ofThe 'possum has a throaty half-stifled squeak, the native cat a deep chest-note ending with a hiss and easily i</hw>, n na in the inland parts of New South Wales, Notaden bennettii, Guenth, which tides over tiht in burrows, and feeds on ants Called also ”Holy Cross Toad”

The nae cross-shaped blackish s of the Linnaean Society, New South Wales,' vol vi (2nd series), p 265:

”Notaden bennettii, the Catholic frog, or as I have heard it called the Holy Cross Toad, I first noticed in January 1885, after a heavy fall of rain lasting ten days, off and on, and succeeding a severe drought”

<hw>Cat's Eyes</hw>, n Not the true Cat's-eye, but the nadus, Martyn, a marine mollusc The operculum is the horny or shelly lid which closes the aperture of most spiral shell fish

<hw>Cat's-head Fern</hw>, n Aspidium aculeatum, Sw:

1880 Mrs Meredith, `Tasmanian Friends and Foes,' p 220:

”The cat's-head fern; though why that naiven to it I have not the remotest ideaIt is full of beauty--the pinnules so exquisitely foremmed beneath with absolute constellations of Spori Polystichum vestitum”

<hw>Catspa>, n a Tasmanian plant, Trichinium spathulatum, Poir, NO Amarantaceae

<hw>Cat's Tail</hw>, n See Wonga

<hw>Cattle-bush</hw>, n a tree, Atalaya helauca, F v M, NO Sapindacea

It is found in South Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland, and is sometimes called Whitewood

1889 J H Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p 117:

”Cattle-bushThe leaves of this tree are eaten by stock, the tree being frequently felled for their use during seasons of drought”

<hw>Cattle-duffer</hw>, n atheir brands) See also Duffer

1886 `Melbourne Punch,' July 15, Cartoon Verses:

”Cattle-duffers on a jury htly sins in those who cattle duff”

<hw>Cattle-racket</hw>, n Explained in quotation

1852 `Settlers and Convicts; or Recollections of Sixteen Years' Labour in the Australian Backwoods,' p 294:

”A Cattle-racket The terinally applied in New South Wales to the agitation of society which took place when soht It is now coreater or less, and whether springing from a felonious intent or accidental”

<hw>Caustic-Creeper</hw>, n naiven to Euphorbia drummondii, Boiss, NO Euphorbiaceae