name. The Australian
species is <i>Corvus coronoides</i>, Vig. and Hors.

<hw>Razor-grinder</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bird-name, <i>Seisura
inquieta</i>, Lath. Called also <i>Dishwasher</i> and
<i>Restless Fly-catcher</i>. See <i>Fly-catcher</i>.

1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,' vol.ii.
p. 159:

"Neither must you be astonished on hearing the razor-grinder
ply his vocation in the very depths of our solitudes; for here
he is a flying instead of a walking animal."

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. ii. pl. 87:

"<i>Seisura Inquieta</i>, Restless Flycatcher; the Grinder
of the Colonists of Swan River and New South Wales."

1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 332:

"The razor-grinder, fitly so called from making a grinding
noise as it wavers in one position a foot or two from the
ground."

<hw>Ready up</hw>, <i>v</i>. See quotation.

1893. `The Age,' Nov. 25, p. 13, col. 2:

"<i>Mr. Purees</i>: A statement has been made that is very
serious. It has been said that a great deal has been `readied
up' for the jury by the present commissioners. That is a
charge which, if true, amounts to embracery.

"<i>His Honor</i>: I do not know what `readying up' means.

"<i>Mr. Purves</i>: It is a colonial expression, meaning that
something is prepared with an object. If you `ready up' a
racehorse, you are preparing to lose, or if you `ready up'
a pack of cards, you prepare it for dealing certain suits."

<hw>Red Bass</hw>, <i>n</i>. a fish of Moreton Bay (q.v.),
<i>Mesoprion superbus</i>, Castln., family <i>Percidae</i>.

<hw>Redberry</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to Australian plants
of the genus <i>Rhagodia</i>, bearing spikes or panicles of
red berries. Called also <i>Seaberry</i>.
See also <i>Saloop-bush</i>.

<hw>Red-bill</hw>, <i>n</i>. bird-name given to
<i>Estrelda temporalis</i>, Lath. It is also applied
to the <i>Oyster-catchers</i> (q.v.); and sometimes
to the <i>Swamp-Hen</i> (q.v.).

1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' p. 345:

"Lieut. Flinders taking up his gun to fire at two red-bills
. . . the natives, alarmed, ran to the woods."

1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of the Linnaean
Society,' vol. xv. p. 259:

"`This bird,' says Mr. Caley, `which the settlers call
Red-bill, is gregarious, and appears at times in very large
flocks. I have killed above forty at a shot.'"

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii. pl. 82:

"<i>Estrelda te