," p. 23:

"Certain stout young gins or lubras, set apart for that
purpose, were sacrificed."

1891. `The Argus,' Nov. 7, p. 13, col. 4:

"A few old lubras sufficiently dirty and unprepossessing."

1892. Gilbert Parker, `Round the Compass in Australia,' p. 28:

"Naked, and not ashamed, the old men grey-bearded and eyes
bright, watched the cooking of the fish, and the younger, with
the lubras, did the honours of reception."

<hw>Lucerne, Native</hw>, or <hw>Paddy</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q.
<i>Queensland Hemp</i>. See <i>Hemp</i>.

1895. A. B. Paterson, `Man from Snowy River,' p. 95:

"And now lies wandering fat and sleek,
On the Lucerne flats by the Homestead Creek."

<hw>Luderick</hw>, or <hw>Ludrick</hw>, <i>n</i>. an aboriginal
Gippsland name for a local variety of the fish <i>Girella
simplex</i>, Richards., the <i>Black-fish</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Lugg</hw>, <i>n</i>. a fish not identified.

"Lug, a kind of fish." (`Walker,' 1827)

1802. Flemming, `Journal of the Exploration of C. Grimes'
(at Port Phillip), ed. by J. J. Shillinglaw, Melbourne, 1897,
p. 27:

"Many swans, ducks and luggs."

<hw>Lyonsia</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian plant. See <i>Devil's
guts</i>.

<hw>Lyre-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian bird, originally
called the <i>Bird of Paradise of New South Wales</i>; then
called a <i>Native Pheasant</i>, or <i>Mountain Pheasant</i>,
and still generally called a <i>Pheasant</i> by the Gippsland
bushmen. The name Lyre-bird apparently began between 1828 and
1834. It is not used by Cunningham, `Two Years in New South
Wales' (1828), vol. i. p. 303. See <i>Menura</i>.
The species are--

The Lyre-bird--
<i>Menura superba</i>, Davies.

Albert L.-b.--
<i>M. alberti</i>, Gould.

Victoria L.-b.--
<i>M. victoriae</i>, Gould.

Since 1888 the <i>Lyre-bird</i> has been the design on the
eight-penny postage-stamp of New South Wales.

1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' p. 435:

"The Bird of Paradise of New South Wales [with picture]. This
elegant bird, which by some is called the Bird of Paradise, and
by others the Maenura Superba, has a straight bill, with the
nostrils in the centre of the beak."

1802. D. Collins, `History of English Colony of New South
Wales,' vol. ii. p. 335:

"<i>Menura superba</i>." [But not the name lyre-bird].

1834. Geo. Bennett, `Wanderings in New South Wales, etc.,'
/vol./ i. p. 277:

"The `Native or Wood-pheasant,' or `Lyre bird' of the