iscovered a nest of full-fledged birds of the Australian
Shrike or Butcher-bird, also called Rain-bird by the colonists
(<i>Vanga destructor</i>). They were regarded by our
companions as a prize, and were taken accordingly to be caged,
and instructed in the art of whistling tunes, in which they are
great adepts."

<hw>Rainbow-fish</hw>, <i>n</i>. a New Zealand fish,
<i>Heteroscharus castelnaui</i>, Macl.

<hw>Rama-rama</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a New Zealand
shrub, <i>Myrtus bullata</i>, Banks and Sol. The name is used
in the North Island. It is often corrupted into <i>Grama</i>.

<hw>Rangatira</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori word for a chief,
male or female; a master or mistress (Williams);
therefore an aristocrat, a person of the gentle class,
distinguished from a <i>tau-rikarika</i>, a nobody,
a slave.

1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'
(Church Missionary Society), p. 200:

"Ranga tira, a gentleman or lady."

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,'
c. i. p. 173:

"I took care to tell them that the rangatira, or `chief'
missionaries, would come out with the settlers."

Ibid. c. ii. p. 461:

"Rangatira is Maori for `chief,' and Rangatira-tango is
therefore truly rendered `chieftainship.'"

1893. `Otago Witness, `Dec. 21, p. 11:

"Te Kooti is at Puketapu with many Rangatiras; he is a great
warrior,--a fighting chief. They say he has beaten the pakehas"
(q.v.).

<hw>Ranges</hw>, <i>n</i>. the usual word in Australia for
"mountains." Compare the use of "<i>tiers</i>" in Tasmania.

<hw>Rangy</hw>, <i>adj</i>. mountainous.

1880. G. Sutherland, `Tales of Goldfields,' p. 89:

"He tramps over the most rangy and inaccessible regions of the
colonies."

1883. E. M. Curr, `Recollections of Squatting in Victoria'
(1841-1851), p. 46:

"The country being rangy, somewhat scrubby, and destitute of
prominent features."

<hw>Raspberry, Wild</hw>, or <hw>Native</hw>,
<i>n</i>. <i>Rubus gunnianus</i>, Hook., <i>N.O. Rosaceae</i>;
peculiar to Tasmania, and so called there. In Australia,
the species is <i>Rubus rosafolius</i>, Smith. See also
<i>Lawyer</i> and <i>Blackberry</i>.

<hw>Raspberry-jam Tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to <i>Acacia
acuminata</i>, Benth., especially of Western Australia. Though
Maiden does not give the name, he says (Useful Native Plants,'
p. 349), "the scent of the wood is comparable to that of
raspberries."

1846. L. Leichhardt, quote