,' p. 435:

"The ti (<i>Cordyline australis</i> or <i>Dracoena
australis</i>) is found in great abundance. Though so common,
it has a very foreign look . . . the leaf is that of a flag,
the flower forms a large droop and is very fragrant."

1866. Lady Barker, `Station Life in New Zealand,' p. 52:

"Ti-ti palms are dotted here and there, and give a foreign and
tropical appearance to the whole."

1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' p. 297:

"An abundance of narrow strips of the tough, fibrous leaves of
the ti-palm."

1890. W. Colenso, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,'
vol. xviii. art. lvii. p. 486:

"In these plains stand a number of cabbage-trees (<i>Cordyline
Australis</i>), the ti-trees of the Maori. These often bear
only a single head of long narrow harsh leaves at the top of
their tall slender stems, but sometimes they are slightly
branched, the branches also only bearing a similar tuft."

1892. `Otago Witness,' Dec. 22, p. 7, col. 2:

"A small grove of ti-palms or cabbage-tree."

<hw>Tiaki</hw> (spelt also <hw>Tieke</hw>), <i>n</i>. Maori
name for the <i>Saddle-back</i> or <i>Jack-bird</i> (q.v.).

1835. W. Yate, `Account of New Zealand,' p. 56:

"Tiaki or purourou. This elegant bird is about the size of the
sky-lark."

<hw>Tieke</hw>, <i>n</i>. Same as <i>Tiaki</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Tiers</hw>, <i>pl. n</i>. used in Tasmania as the usual
word for mountains, in the same way as the word <i>Ranges</i>
(q.v.) in Australia.

1876. W. B. Wildey, `Australasia and Oceanic Region,' p.
320:

"Two chains of mountains, the eastern and western tiers, run
through it nearly north and south."

1891. `The Australasian,' April 4, p. 670, col. 2:

"That stuff as they calls horizontal, a mess of branches and
root,
The three barren tiers; and the Craycroft, that 'ud settle
a bandicoot."

<hw>Tiersman</hw>, <i>n</i>. Tasmanian word for one who lives
in the <i>Tiers</i> (q.v.).

1852. F. Lancelott, `Australia as it is,' vol. ii. p. 115:

"Splatters, or, as they are commonly called tiersmen, reside in
the forest of stringy bark . . ."

<hw>Tiger-Cat</hw>, <i>n</i>. special name applied
to the <i>Common</i> and <i>Spotted-tailed Native Cat</i>.
See under <i>Cat</i>.

1832. J. Bischoff, `Van Diemen's Land,' c. ii. p. 52:

"The skins of the . . . opossum, tiger-cat, and platypus
. . . are exported."

1852. Ronald C. Gunn, `Papers and Proceedings of the Royal
Society of Van Die