<i>P. pallida</i>, Ramsay.

Plain-coloured T.--
<i>P. simplex</i>, Gould.

Red-throated T.--
<i>P. rufigularis</i>, Gould.

Rufous-breasted T.--
<i>P. rufiventris</i>, Lath.

Shrike-like T.--
<i>Pachycephala lanoides</i>, Gould.

Torres-straits T.--
<i>P. fretorum</i>, De Vis.

Western T.--
<i>P. occidentalis</i>, Ramsay.

White-throated T.--
<i>P. gutturalis</i>, Lath.; called also
the <i>Thunder-bird</i> (q.v.).

1890. `Victorian Statutes--Game Act' (Third Schedule):

"Thick-heads. [Close season.] From the first day of August to
the twentieth day of December next following in each year."

<hw>Thornback</hw>, <i>n</i>. special name for one of the
Stingrays, <i>Raia lemprieri</i>, Richards., or <i>Raja
rostata</i>, Castln., family <i>Raijdae</i>.

1875. `Melbourne Spectator,' Aug. 28, p. 201, col. 3:

"A thornback skate . . . weighing 109 lbs., has been caught
. . . at North Arm, South Australia."

<hw>Thousand-Jacket</hw>, <i>n</i>. a North Island name for
<i>Ribbon-wood</i> (q.v.), a New Zealand tree. Layer after
layer of the inner bark can be stripped off.

1888. Cassell's `Picturesque Australasia,' vol. iii. p. 210:

"Koninny [sic], raupo, toi-toi, supplejack, thousand-jacket,
and the like, are names of things known well enough to the
inhabitants of Napier and Taranaki, but to the average
stay-at-home Englishman they are nouns which only vexatiously
illustrate the difference between names and things."

1889. T. Kirk, `Flora of New Zealand,' p. 87:

"Hoheria populnea. The Houhere. Order--Malvaceae. . . In the
north of Auckland the typical form is known as `houhere'; but
Mr. Colenso informs me the varieties are termed `houi' and
`whau-whi' in the south . . . By the settlers all the forms
are termed `ribbon-wood,' or less frequently `lace-bark'--
names which are applied to other plants: they are also termed
`thousand-jacket.'"

1896. `The Australasian,' Aug. 28, p. 407, col. 5:

"`Thousand-jacket' is a picturesque name for a many-named New
Zealand tree, the bark of which peels, and peels, and peels
again, though in the number chosen there is certainly a note of
exaggeration."

<hw>Throwing-stick</hw>, <i>n</i>. native Australian weapon,
by means of which the spear is thrown. See <i>Woomera</i>.

1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c. i.
p. 12:

"The principals who perform it come from, Cammer-ray, armed
with shields, clubs, and throwing-sticks."