orsk. See <i>Black-Bream</i>. It is somewhat
difficult to distinguish the fish from its close relation the
Black-Bream, <i>Chrysophrys australis</i>, Gunth. Both are
excellent food, and frequently abundant in brackish waters.

<hw>Tar-wood</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given by the Otago bushmen to
the tree <i>Darrydium colensoi</i>, Hook.; Maori name,
<i>Manoao</i> (q.v.). (Kirk, `Forest Flora,' p. 189.)

<hw>Tasmania</hw>, <i>n</i>. island and colony, formerly called
Van Diemen's Land. The new name, from that of the Dutch
navigator, Abel Jansen Tasman, was officially adopted in 1853,
when the system of transportation ceased. The first quotations
show it was in popular use much earlier.

1820. Lieut. Charles Jeffreys, `Delineation of the Island of
Van Dieman's Land,' p. 1:

"Van Dieman's Land, or Tasmania, is an island of considerable
extent."

1823. `Godwin's Emigrant's Guide to Van Diemen's Land, more
properly called Tasmania':

[Title.]

1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,' vol. i.
p. 8:

"Over Van Diemen's Land (or Tasmania, as we love to call
it here), New South Wales enjoys also many advantages."

1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes' (edition 1855), p. 491:

"Tasmania is a more musical <i>alias</i> adopted by the island.
It has been given in titular distinction to the first bishop,
my excellent and accomplished friend Dr. Nixon, and will
doubtless be its exclusive designation when it shall have
become a free nation."

1892. A. and G. Sutherland, `History of Australia,' p. 41:

"The wild country around the central lakes of Tasmania."

<hw>Tasmanian</hw>, <i>adj</i>. belonging or native to
Tasmania.

1825. A. Bent, `The Tasmanian Almanack for the Year of our
Lord 1825'

[Title.]

<hw>Tasmanian</hw>, <i>n</i>. an inhabitant of Tasmania,
a colonist. The word is also used of the aborigines,
the race of whom is now extinct.

<hw>Tasmanian Devil</hw>, <i>n</i>. the only species of the
genus <i>Sarcophilus</i> (q.v.), <i>S. ursinus</i>.

1894. R. Lydekker, `Marsupialia,' p. 156:

"Like many of its kindred, the Tasmanian Devil is a burrowing
and nocturnal animal. In size it may be compared to a Badger,
and owing to its short limbs, plantigrade feet, and short
muzzle, its gait and general appearance are very Badger or
Bear-like."

<hw>Tasmanian Tiger</hw>, <i>n</i>. called also <i>Native
Wolf</i>, <i>Marsupial Wolf</i>, <i>Zebra Wolf</i>, and
<i>Hyaena</i>; genus, <i>Thyl