/i>, `south' (literally `south wind'), and
rhunchos, a `snout']; first described by Dr. Stirling of
Adelaide (in the `Transactions of the Royal Society of South
Australia,' 1891, p. 154). Aboriginal name, <i>Urquamata</i>.
It burrows with such extraordinary rapidity in the desert-sands
of Central Australia, to which it is confined, that, according
to Mr. Lydekker, it may be said to swim in the sand as a
porpoise does in the water.

<hw>Marsupial Wolf</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Thylacine</i> and
<i>Tasmanian Tiger</i>.

<hw>Martin, <i</hw>>n</i>. a bird common in England.
The species in Australia are--

Tree,
<i>Petrochelidon nigricans</i>, Vieill.;

Fairy,
<i>Lagenoplastes ariel</i>, Gould;
called also <i>Bottle-Swallow</i> (q.v.).

1896. F. G. Aflalo, `Natural History of Australia,' p. 128:

". . . the elegant little Fairy Martins (<i>Lagenoplastes
ariel</i>), which construct a remarkable mud nest in shape not
unlike a retort."

<hw>Mary</hw>, <i>n</i>. used in Queensland of the aborigines,
as equivalent to girl or woman. "A black Mary." Compare
"<i>Benjamin</i>," used for husband.

<hw>Matagory</hw>, <i>n</i>. a prickly shrub of New Zealand,
<i>Discaria toumatou</i>, Raoul.; also called <i>Wild
Irishman</i> (q.v.). The Maori name is <i>Tumatahuru</i>,
of which <i>Matagory</i>, with various spellings, is a corruption,
much used by rabbiters and swagmen. The termination <i>gory</i>
evidently arises by the law of Hobson-Jobson from the fact
that the spikes draw blood.

1859. J. T. Thomson, in `Otago Gazette,' Sept. 22, p. 264:

"Much over-run with the scrub called `tomata-guru.'"

Alex. Garvie, ibid. p. 280:

"Much of it is encumbered with matakura scrub."

1892. W. McHutcheson, `Camp Life in Fiordland,' p. 8:

"Trudging moodily along in Indian file through
the <i>matagouri</i> scrub and tussock."

1896. `Otago Witness,' 7th May, p. 48:

"The tea generally tastes of birch or Matagouri."

<hw>Matai</hw>, often abridged to <i>Mai</i>, <i>n</i>.
Maori name for a New Zealand tree, <i>Podocarpus spicata</i>,
R. Br., <i>N.O. Coniferae</i>. Black-pine of Otago.

1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 124:

"Mr. Buchanan has described a log of matai that he found had
been exposed for at least 200 years in a dense damp bush in
North-East Valley, Dunedin, as proved by its being enfolded by
the roots of three large trees of Griselinia littoralis."

<hw>Match-box Bean</hw>, <i>n</i>.