Various etymologies are suggested; see quotation, 1875. , or the Australian yellow-wingedlocust, Oedipoda musica, Fab. , not endemic. Mundy, `Our Antipodes' (3rd ed.
, areunknown in the bush; such was formerly the case, but themarch of improvement has banished this peculiar simplicity. 107: A hireling convict - emancipist, expiree, or ticket of leave. When we direct our attention to the island ofCorfu, situated some distance eastward of Sicily, we find thesirocco assuming a somewhat different character. Every New Zealand colonist is familiar with thislittle owl, under the name of `morepork.
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