e juveniles."

<hw>Long-fin</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to the fish <i>Caprodon
schlegelii</i>, Gunth., and in New South Wales to <i>Anthias
longimanus</i>, Gunth.

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,'
p. 33:

"The long-fin, <i>Anthias Iongimanus</i>, Gunth., is a good
fish that finds its way to the market occasionally . . . may be
known by its uniform red colour, and the great length of the
pectoral fins."

<hw>Long-Jack</hw>, name given to the tree <i>Flindersia
oxleyana</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Meliaceae</i>; called also
Light Yellow-Wood.

<hw>Long-sleever</hw>, <i>n</i>. name for a big drink and also
for the glass in which it is contained. Perhaps in allusion to
its tall, tapering, long shape.

1888. Cassell's `Picturesque Australasia,' vol. iii. p. 83:

"Their drivers had completed their regulation half-score of
`long-sleevers' of `she-oak.'"

<hw>Long-Tom</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Sydney to <i>Belone
ferox</i>, Gunth., a species of <i>Garfish</i> which has both
jaws prolonged to form a slender beak. See <i>Garfish</i>.

<hw>Long-Yam</hw>. See <i>Yam</i>.

<hw>Look</hw>, <i>v. tr.</i> to examine.

1874. W. H. L. Ranken, `Dominion of Australia,' c. vi. p. 105:

"Plains are scoured and every piece of timber looked."
[sc. looked-over.]

<hw>Lope</hw>, <i>n</i>. a slow and steady gallop. From Dutch
verb <i>loopen</i>, to leap, to run. The word is American
rather than Australian.

1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 35:

"Every body gallops here, or at least goes at a canter--which
they call the Australian lope."

<hw>Loquat</hw>, a Chinese word meaning "Rush-orange,"
<i>Photinia japonica</i>. Being highly ornamental and bearing
a pleasant stony juicy fruit of the colour and size of a small
orange, it has been introduced into nearly all Australian
gardens. The name <i>Native Loquat</i> has been given to an
indigenous shrub, <i>Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa</i>, Benth.,
<i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>.

<hw>Lorikeet</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bird-name, little <i>Lory</i>
(q.v.). The species in Australia are--

Blue-bellied Lorikeet--
<i>Trichoglossus novae-hollandiae</i>, Gmel.

Blue-faced L.--
<i>Cyclopsitta macleayana</i>, Ramsay.

Little L.--
<i>Trichoglossus pusillus</i>, Shaw.

Musk L.--
<i>T. concinnus</i>, Shaw.

Purple-crowned L.--
<i>T. porphyrocephalus</i>, Dietr.

Red-collared L.--
<i>T. rubritorqus</i>, Vig. and Hors.

Red-faced L.--