n.] "Mallee-hen, from 1st day of August
to the 20th day of December next following in each year."

1895. `The Australasian,' Oct.5, p. 652, col. 1:

". . . the economy of the lowan or mallee-hen. . . . It
does not incubate its eggs after the manner of other birds, but
deposits them in a large mound of sand . . . Shy and timid.
Inhabits dry and scrubs. In shape and size resembles a greyish
mottled domestic turkey, but is smaller, more compact and
stouter in the legs."

<hw>Mallee-scrub</hw>, <i>n</i>. the "scrub," or thicket,
formed by the <i>Mallee</i> (q.v.).

1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' vol. i. p. 22:

"The flat and, rarely, hilly plains . . . are covered
chiefly with thickets and `scrub' of social plants, generally
with hard and prickly leaves. This `scrub,' which is quite a
feature of the Australian interior, is chiefly formed of a
bushy Eucalyptus, which grows somewhat like our osiers to a
height of 8 or 10 feet, and often so densely covers the ground
as to be quite impenetrable. This is the `Mallee scrub' of
the explorers; while the still more dreaded `Mulga scrub'
consists of species of prickly acacia, which tear the clothes
and wound the flesh of the traveller."

<hw>Malurus</hw>, <i>n</i>. the scientific name for a genus of
Australian warblers. Name reduced from <i>Malacurus</i>, from
the Grk. <i>malakos</i>, soft, and <i>'oura</i>, a tail. The
type-species is <i>Malurus cyaneus</i> of Australia, the
<i>Superb Warbler</i> or <i>Blue-Wren</i>. See <i>Superb
Warbler</i>, <i>Wren</i>, and <i>Emu-Wren</i>. All the
<i>Maluri</i>, of which there are fifteen or sixteen species,
are popularly known as Superb Warblers, but are more correctly
called Wrens.

1896. F. G. Aflalo, `Natural History of Australia,' p. 136:

"The <i>Wrens</i> and <i>Warblers</i>--chiefly <i>Maluri</i>,
with the allied <i>Amytis</i> and <i>Stipiturus</i>--are purely
Australian. They are feeble on the wing but swift of foot."

<hw>Mana</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Maori word for power, influence,
right, authority, prestige. See chapter on <i>Mana</i>,
in `Old New Zealand' (1863), by Judge Maning.

1843. E. Dieffenbach, `Travels in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 371:

"<i>Mana</i>--command, authority, power."

1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 279:

"The natives feel that with the land their `mana,' or power,
has gone likewise; few therefore can now be induced to part
with land."

1863. F. E. Maning (Pakeh