ing alone where the more-pork's call
At night is heard."

1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 192:

"<i>Spiloglaux Novae-Zelandiae</i>, Kaup., More-pork of the
colonists. Every New Zealand colonist is familiar with this
little owl, under the name of `morepork.'"

<hw>Moreton-Bay</hw>, <i>n</i>. the name formerly given to the
district of New South Wales which is now the colony of
Queensland. The Brisbane river (on which is situated Brisbane,
the capital of Queensland) enters it. See below.

<hw>Moreton-Bay Ash</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Ash</i>.

<hw>Moreton-Bay Chestnut</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Bean-tree</i>.

<hw>Moreton-Bay Fig</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Fig</i>.

<hw>Moreton-Bay Laurel</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Laurel</i>.

<hw>Moreton-Bay Pine</hw>, <i>n</i>. See Pine.

<hw>Moriori</hw>, <i>n</i>. a people akin to, but not identical
with, the Maoris. They occupied the Chatham Islands, and were
conquered in 1832 by the Maoris. In 1873, M. Quatrefages
published a monograph, `Moriori et Maori.'

<hw>Morwong</hw>, <i>n</i>. the New South Wales name for the
fish <i>Chilodactylus macropterus</i>, Richards.; also called
the <i>Carp</i> (q.v.) and <i>Jackass-fish</i>, and in New
Zealand by the Maori name of <i>Tarakihi</i>. The Melbourne
fishermen, according to Count Castelnau, call this fish the
<i>Bastard Trumpeter</i> (q.v.), but this name is also applied
to <i>Latris forsteri</i>, Castln. See also <i>Trumpeter</i>
and <i>Paper-fish</i>. The <i>Red Morwong</i> is
<i>Chilodactylus fuscus</i>, Castln., also called <i>Carp</i>
(q.v.). The <i>Banded Morwong</i> is <i>Chilodactylus
vittatus</i>, Garrett.

<hw>Moses, Prickly</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bushman's name for
<i>Mimosa</i> (q.v.).

1887. `The Australian,' April:

"I cannot recommend . . . [for fishing rods] . . . that awful
thing which our philosopher called `prickly moses.'"

<hw>Moulmein Cedar</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Cedar</i>.

<hw>Mound-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. the jungle-hen of Australia.
The birds scratch up heaps of soil and vegetable matter, in
which they bury their eggs and leave them to be hatched by the
heat of decomposition. Scientifically called <i>Megapodes</i>
(q.v.).

1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' vol. i. p. 76:

"Next to these, as a special Australian type. . . . come
the bush-turkeys or mound-makers . . . all these birds have
the curious reptilian character of never sitting on their eggs,
which they bury