common bird-name used in Australiafor a species of Grebe. The sailors' word would have been introduced to New Zealand bywhalers in the early part of the nineteenth century. ' On inquiry Ilearned that a man named Yan (water) had died shortly, before,and that not liking to use that word, they had to invent a newone. Yellow-collared P.
an Australian timber,Nageia elata, F. It is a trailingFig-marigold, and was discovered in New Zealand byCaptain Cook, though it is also found in Japan and SouthAmerica. Boyd, `Old Colonials,' p. `The Australasian,' Jan.
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