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”Plains are scoured and every piece of timber looked”

[sc looked-over]

<hw>Lope</hw>, n a slow and steady gallop From Dutch verb loopen, to leap, to run The word is American rather than Australian

1855 W Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol i p 35:

”Every body gallops here, or at least goes at a canter--which they call the Australian lope”

<hw>Loquat</hw>, a Chinese wordhighly orna a pleasant stony juicy fruit of the colour and size of a se, it has been introduced into nearly all Australian gardens The naenous shrub, Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa, Benth, NO Myrtaceae

<hw>Lorikeet</hw>, n a bird-name, little Lory (qv) The species in Australia are--

Blue-bellied Lorikeet-- Trichoglossus novae-hollandiae, Gmel

Blue-faced L-- Cyclopsitta lossus pusillus, Shaw

Musk L-- T concinnus, Shaw

Purple-crowned L-- T porphyrocephalus, Dietr

Red-collared L-- T rubritorqus, Vig and Hors

Red-faced L-- Cyclopsitta coxenii, Gould

Scaly-breasted L-- Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus, Kuhl

Swift L-- Lathalossus versicolor, Vig

The following table gives Gould's classification in 1848:--

1848 J Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol v

Plate

Lathalossus Novae-Hollandiae, Jard and Selb, Swainson's L48 T rubritorquis, Vig and Horsf, Red-collared L 49 T chlorolepidotus, Scaly-breasted L50 T versicolor, Vig, Varied L51 T concinnus, Musky L52 T porphyrocephalus, Dict, Porphyry-crowned L 53 T pusillus, Little L54

1890 `The Argus,' June 7, p 13, col 4:

”On the hill-sides the converse of the lorikeets as they drain the honeycups and swing and chatter in low undertones the whole day long”

<hw>Lory</hw>, n a bird-name The word is Malay (See `Encyclopaedia Britannica,' vol xv) It is often spelt Lowrie in Australia The species in Australia are--

Cried Lory-- Apros L-- A scapulatus, Bechst