Part 153 (2/2)

Red-winged Lory-- A erythropterus, Gmel

1848 Gould's `Birds of Australia,' vol v:

”Apros lory; erythropturus, red-winged lory”

<hw>Lotus-bird</hw>, n Parra gallinacea, Temm; called also the Jacana (qv), and the Parra (qv)

1890 C Lu bird on the lagoon is doubtless the beautiful Parra gallinacea, which in Australia is called the lotus-bird It sits on the leaves that float on the water, particularly those of the water-lily”

<han</hw>, n aboriginal birdname for Leipoa ocellata, Gould The name is used for the bird in Victoria and in the south-east district of South Australia In the Mallee district, it is called Mallee-bird, Mallee fowl, Mallee-hen (qv); in South Australia, Native Pheasant (qv); and in various parts of Australia, the Scrub-Turkey The county called Lowan, after the bird, is in the Mallee country in the west of Victoria See Turkey

1888 Rolf Boldrewood, `Robbery under Arms,' p 171:

”The Lowan (Mallee-hen, they're s--beautiful pink thin-shelled ones they are, first-rate to eat, and one of 'em a man's breakfast”

1890 A H S Lucas, `Handbook of the Australasian association for the Advancement of Science,' Melbourne, p 68:

”To the dry, arid Mallee Scrub of the Western District is a radical change of scene There the so-called Mallee hen, or Native name, Lowan (Leipoa ocellata), loves to dwell”

1896 `The Argus,' Aug 4, p 5, col 2:

”The postmaster at Nhill had drawn the attention of the Deputy Poste number of letters which are received there addressed to `Lowan' It should be understood that this is the na several postal districts, and correspondents should be more specific in their addresses”

<hrie</hw>, n a bird-name An Australian variant of Lory (qv)

1850 J B Clutterbuck, `Port Phillip in 1849,' p 40:

”A greatParrot is the most beautiful, and that called the Lowrie is perhaps the most docile”

1890 Lyth, `Golden South,' p 127:

”The birds are very beautiful--the Blue Mountain and Lowrie parrots '

<hw>Lubra</hw>, n aboriginal name for a black wo first in the fore de Decouvertes de l'Astrolabe' (Paris, 1834), vol vii p 9, and was obtained fro to Port Dalrymple on the Tamar River It is probably a compound of the Tasmanian words loa or lowa, a wo In Victoria, the use of the word began at the Hopkins River and the vicinity, having been introduced by settlers froenerally adopted south of the Murray North of the Murray the native women were called Gins (qv) Both words are now used indiscriminately

1855 W Blandowski, `Transactions of Philosophical Society of Victoria,' vol i p 73 :

”The young st the girls or leubras of so tribe”

1864 H Simcox, `Outward Bound,” p 87:

”Many lubras so black with their load on their back”