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101: Pogonornis cincta, Gray. Although this bird is a starling, thecolonists call it `weaver-bird. [On page 100, Cook gives a description of the tea-plant, andalso figures it. 174: Our game-bag was thinly lined with small curlews,oyster-catchers, and sanderlings.

[See also Cherrypicker. 199: I expressed my thirst and want of water. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. It is not unlike the matted hair of a bull, and isreddish in colour, hence perhaps this nickname, which is commonin the Tasmanian bush.