iv. pl. 40:

"While at other times, like the miners (genus,
<i>Myzantha</i>), it soars from tree to tree with the most
graceful and easy movement."

Ibid. vol. iv. pl. 76:

"<i>Myzantha garrula</i>, Vig. and Horsf, Garrulous
Honey-eater; miner, Colonists of Van Diemen's Land,
<i>M. flavigula</i>, Gould, Yellow-Throated miner."

1861. Mrs. Meredith, `Over the Straits,' vol. i. p. 33:

"His common name . . . is said to be given from his
resemblance to some Indian bird called mina or miner."

1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 72:

"The Indian minah is as much at home, and almost as
presumptuous, as the sparrow."

(p. 146): "Yellow-legged minahs, tamest of all Australian
birds."

1890. Tasma, `In her Earliest Youth,' p. 265:

"The plaintive chirp of the mina."

<hw>Miner's</hw> Right, <i>n</i>. the licence to dig for gold.
See quotation.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `The Miner's Right,' p. 1:

"A miner's right, a wonderful document, printed and written on
parchment, precisely as follows."

[A reduced facsimile is given.]

Ibid. p. 106:

"You produce your Miner's Right . . . The important piece of
parchment, about the size of a bank-cheque, was handed to the
Court."

<hw>Mingi</hw>, <i>n</i>. originally <i>mingi mingi</i>, Maori
name for a New Zealand shrub or small tree, <i>Cyathodes
acerosa</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Epacrideae</i>. In south New
Zealand it is often called <i>Micky</i>.

<hw>Minnow</hw>, <i>n</i>. name sometimes given to a very small
fish of New Zealand, <i>Galaxias attenuatus</i>, Jenyns, family
<i>Galaxidae</i>; called also <i>Whitebait</i> (q.v.). The
Maori name is <i>Inanga</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Mint, Australian</hw> or <hw>Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. a
plant, <i>Mentha australis</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Labiatea</i>.
This herb was largely used by the early colonists of South
Australia for tea. Many of the plants of the genus
<i>Mentha</i> in Australia yield oil of good flavour, among
them the common Pennyroyal.

<hw>Mint-tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. In Australia, the tree is
<i>Prostanthera lasiantha</i>, Labill., <i>N.O. Labiateae</i>.

<hw>Mirnyong</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal name for a shell-mound,
generally supposed to be Victorian, but, by some, Tasmanian.

1888. R. M. Johnston, `Geology of Tasmania,' p. 337:

"With the exception of their rude inconspicuous flints, and the
accumulated remains of their feasts in the `mirnyongs,' or
native shell-mounds, along our coasts, which only