r, `Fishes of New Zealand,' p. 108:

"The pohuia-karou is the proper sea-perch of these waters,
that name having been applied by mistake to a small wrasse,
which is generally called the spotty or poddly."

<hw>Poddy</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Victorian name for the
<i>Sand-Mullet</i>. See <i>Mullet</i>.

<hw>Poe</hw>, <i>n</i>. same as <i>Tui</i> (q.v.)
and <i>Parson-bird</i> (q.v.). The name, which was
not the Maori name, did not endure.

17]7. Cook's' Voyage towards the South Pole and round the
World' [2nd Voyage], vol. i. pp. 97, 98:

"Amongst the small birds I must not omit to particularise the
wattlebird, poy-bird. . . . The poy-bird is less than the
wattle-bird; the feathers of a fine mazarine blue, except those
of its neck, which are of a most beautiful silver-grey. . . .
Under its throat hang two little tufts of curled snow-white
feathers, called its poies, which being the Otaheitean word for
ear-rings occasioned our giving that name to the bird, which is
not more remarkable for the beauty of its plumage than for the
sweetness of its note."

[In the illustration given it is spelt <i>poe-bird</i>,
and in the list of plates it is spelt <i>poi</i>.]

1865. W. Howitt, `Discovery in Australia,' vol. i. p. 111:

"This bird they called the Wattlebird, and also the Poy-bird,
from its having little tufts of curled hair under its throat,
which they called poies, from the Otaheitan word for ear-rings.
The sweetness of this bird's note they described as
extraordinary, and that its flesh was delicious, but that it
was a shame to kill it."

<hw>Pohutukawa</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a magnificent
New Zealand tree, <i>Metrosideros tomentosa</i>, A. Cunn.,
<i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>, called Christmas-tree and Fire-tree by
the settlers. There is a Maori <i>verb, pohutu</i>, to splash.
<i>Kawa (n</i>.) is a sprig of any kind used in religious
ceremonies; the name would thus mean <i>Splashed sprig</i>.
The wood of the tree is very durable, and a concoction of the
inner bark is useful in dysentery.

1835. W. Yate, `Some Account of New Zealand,' p. 46:

"Pohutukawa (<i>Callistemon ellipticus</i>). This is a tree
of remarkably robust habits and diffuse irregular growth."

1855. G. Grey, `Polynesian Mythology,' p. 142:

"On arrival of Arawa canoe, the red flowers of the pohutakawa
were substituted for the red ornaments in the hair."

1862. `All the Year Round,' `From the Black Rocks on Friday,'
May 17, 1862, No.