have
significance to the careful observer, we have no other visible
evidence of their former existence."

1893. R. Etheridge, jun., `Transactions of the Royal Society
of South Australia,' p. 21 [Title of Paper]:

"The Mirrn-yong heaps at the North-West bank of the River
Murray."

<hw>Miro</hw>, <i>n</i>. (1) Maori name for a <i>Robin</i>
(q.v.), and adopted as the scientific name of a genus of New
Zealand Robins. The word is shortened form of
<i>Miro-miro</i>.

1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 403:

"Miro-miro (<i>Miro albifrons</i>). A little black-and-white
bird with a large head; it is very tame, and has a short
melancholy song. The miro toi-toi (<i>muscicapa toi-toi</i>)
is a bird not larger than the tom-tit. Its plumage is black
and white, having a white breast and some of the near feathers
of each wing tinged with white."

1879. W. Colenso, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,'
vol. xii. art. vii. p. 119:

"Proverb 28: <i>Ma to kanohi miro-miro</i>, [signifying] `To be
found by the sharp-eyed little bird.' Lit. `For the miro-miro's
eye.' Used as a stimulus to a person searching for anything
lost. The miro-miro is the little petroica toi-toi, which runs
up and down trees peering for minute insects in the bark."

1882. W. L. Buller, `Manual of the Birds of New Zealand,'
p. 23:

"The Petroeca Iongipes is confined to the North Island, where
it is very common in all the wooded parts of the country; but
it is represented in the South Island by a closely allied and
equally common species, the <i>miro albifrons</i>."

(2) Maori name for a New Zealand tree, <i>Podocarpus
ferruginea</i>, Don., <i>N.O. Coniferae</i>; the Black-pine
of Otago.

1875. T. Laslett, `Timber and Timber Trees,' p. 308:

"The miro-tree (<i>Podocarpus ferruginea</i>) is found in
slightly elevated situations in many of the forests in New
Zealand. Height about sixty feet. The wood varies from light
to dark-brown in colour, is close in grain, moderately hard and
heavy, planes up well, and takes a good polish."

1889. T. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. 163:

"The Miro is a valuable tree, common in all parts of the
colony. . . . It is usually distinguished by its ordinary
native name."

<hw>Mistletoe</hw>, <i>n</i>. The name is given to various
species of trees of several genera--

(1) In Australia, generally, to various species of
<i>Loranthus</i>, <i>N.O. Loranthaceae</i>. There are a great