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`the Continent of Australia, which, I hope, will be thename given to this country in future, instead of the veryerroneous an Landsborough, `Exploration of Australia,' [Footnote]p. This bird derives its popularname from a peculiarity in the distribution of its too stronglycontrasted colours, black and ferruginous, the latt Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol.

'In spring and summer it bears a brilliant crimson flower. 40: The bright red feathers from under the wing of the kaka orlarge parrot. The word also denotes a depression orcavity in the bed of an intermittent river, which remains fullduring the summer when the river itself is dry. It often attains a great size, attaining as much as 112 pounds.