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Metcalfe, `Australian Zoology,' p. Lesser Flying-O. SOURCES OF NEW WORDS:-- 1. In Australia,the word lead is only used in reference to alluvialmining, and signifies the old river-bed in which gold is found.

The New Zealand Moreporkis assuredly an owl. Queensland Nut, n. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. Collins, `Account of New South Wales,' fol.