under mounds of earth or decaying vegetable
matter, allowing them to be hatched by the heat of the sun,
or that produced by fermentation."

<hw>Mountain</hw>- (as epithet):

Mountain-Apple-tree--
<i>Angophora lanceolata</i>, Cav., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>.

M.-Ash--
A name applied to various Eucalypts, and to the tree <i>Alphitonia
excelsa</i>, Reiss.

M.-Beech--
The tree <i>Lomatia longifolia</i>, R. Br.,
<i>N.0. Proteaceae</i>.

M.-Bloodwood--
The tree <i>Eucalyptus eximia</i>, Schau.

M.-Cypress-pine--
The tree <i>Frenela parlatori</i>, F. v. M.,
<i>N.0. Coniferae</i>.

M.-Ebony--
See <i>Ebony</i>.

M.-Gentian--
The name is applied to the Tasmanian species, <i>Gentiana
saxosa</i>, Forst., <i>N.O. Gentianeae</i>.

M.-Gums--
See <i>Gum</i>.

M.- Oak--
See <i>Oak</i>.

M.-Parrot--
Another name for the <i>Kea</i> (q.v.).

M.-Rocket--
The name is applied to the Tasmanian species <i>Bellendena
montana</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Proteaceae</i>.

M.-Tea-tree--
See <i>Tea-tree</i>.

<hw>Mountain-Devil</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to the
strange-looking Australian lizard, <i>Moloch horridus</i>,
Gray. See <i>Moloch</i>. Also called <i>Spiny Lizard</i>.

1853. `Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van
Diemen's Land,' vol. ii. p. 515 [November 9]:

"A spirit preparation of the Spiny Lizard (<i>Moloch
horridus</i>) of Western Australia."

<hw>Mountain Thrush</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian thrush,
<i>Oreocincla lunulata</i>, Gould. See <i>Thrush</i>.

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. pl. 7:

"<i>Oreocincla lunulatus</i>, Mountain Thrush, Colonists of Van
Diemen's Land. In all localities suitable to its habits and
mode of life, this species is tolerably abundant, both in Van
Diemen's Land and in New South Wales; it has also been observed
in South Australia, where however it is rare."

<hw>Mountain-Trout</hw>, <i>n</i>. species of <i>Galaxias</i>,
small cylindrical fishes inhabiting the colder rivers of
Australasia, Southern Chili, Magellan Straits, and the Falkland
Islands. On account of the distribution of these fish and of
other forms of animals, it has been suggested that in a remote
geological period the area of land above the level of the sea
in the antarctic regions must have been sufficiently extended
to admit of some kind of continuity across the whole width of
the Pacific between the southern extremities of South America
and Australia.

<hw>Mud-fat</