hw>, <i>adj</i>. fat as mud, very fat.

1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 142:

"There's half this fine body of veal, mud-fat and tender
as a chicken, worth a shilling a pound there."

<hw>Mud-fish</hw>, <i>n</i>. a fish of Westland, New Zealand,
<i>Neochanna apoda</i>, Gunth. Guenther says <i>Neochanna</i>
is a "degraded form of <i>Galaxias</i> [see
<i>Mountain-Trout</i>], from which it differs by the absence
of ventral fins. This fish has hitherto been found only in
burrows, which it excavates 1n clay or consolidated mud, at
a distance from water."

<hw>Mud-lark</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the Magpie-lark,
<i>Grallina picata</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Mulberry-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to the Australian
bird <i>Sphecotheres maxillaris</i>, Lath.; called also
<i>Fig-bird</i> (q.v.).

1891. A. J. North, `Records of the Australian Museum,' vol.
i. no. 6, p. 113:

"Southern Sphecotheres. Mr. Grime informs me it is fairly
common on the Tweed River, where it is locally known as the
`Mulberry-bird,' from the decided preference it evinces for
that species of fruit amongst many others attacked by this
bird."

Mulberry, Native, <i>n</i>. name given to three Australian trees,
viz.--

<i>Hedycarya cunninghami</i>, Tull., <i>N.O. Monimiaceae</i>.
Called also <i>Smooth Holly</i>.

<i>Piturus propinquus</i>, Wedd., <i>N.O. Urticeae</i>. Called
also <i>Queensland Grasscloth Plant</i>.

<i>Litsaea ferruginea</i>, Mart., <i>N.O. Laurineae</i>.
Called also <i>Pigeonberry-tree</i>.

The common English garden fruit-tree is also acclimatised, and
the Victorian Silk Culture Association, assisted by the
Government, are planting many thousands of the <i>White
Mulberry</i> for silk culture.

<hw>Mulga</hw>, <i>n</i>. an aboriginal word. (1) Name given
to various species of Acacia, but especially <i>A. aneura</i>,
F. v. M., <i>N.0. Leguminosae</i>. See also <i>Red Mulga</i>.

1864. J. McDouall Stuart, `Explorations in Australia,'
p. 154:

"We arrived at the foot nearly naked, and got into open sandy
rises and valleys, with mulga and plenty of grass, amongst
which there is some spinifex growing."

1865. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discovery
and Exploration of Australia,' vol. ii. p. 126, Note:

"Mulga is an Acacia. It grows in thick bushes, with thin twigs
and small leaves. Probably it is the most extensively
distributed tree in all Australia. It extends right across
the cont