name applied to
members of an old Linnaean genus of birds. The Australian
species are enumerated by Gould in quotation.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv.:
Plate
Climacteris scandens, Temm., Brown Tree-creeper . 93
C. rufa, Gould, Rufous T. . . . . . . . . 94
C. erythrops, Gould, Red-eyebrowed T. . . . . 95
C. melanotus, Gould, Black-backed T. . . . . 96
C. melanura, Gould, Black-tailed T. . . . . . 97
C. picumnus, Temm., Whitethroated T. . . . . 98
Tree-fern, n. See Fern-tree.
Tree-Kangaroo, called Boongary (q.v.)
by the aboriginals. See Dendrolagus and Kangaroo.
Tree-Runner, n. another name for the
Sittella (q.v.). The species are--
Black-capped Tree-Runner--
Sittella pileata, Gould.
Orange-winged T.--
S. chrysoptera, Lath.
Pied T.--
S. albata, Ramsay.
Slender-billed T.--
S. tenuirostris, Gould.
Striated T.--
S. striata, Gould.
White-headed T.--
S. leucocephala, Gould.
White-winged T.--
S. leucoptera, Gould.
But see Gould's earlier (1848), under Sittella.
Tree-Tit, n. The word tit is terminally
applied to many little English birds. In Australia,
this new compound has been adopted for the two species,
Short-billed Tree-tit, Smicrornis brevirostris,
Gould, and Yellow-tinted Tit, S. flavescens, Gould.
Tremandra, n. scientific name of a genus of
Australian plants, the Purple Heath-flower. Name given
by R. Brown in 1814, from the remarkably tremulous anthers.
(Lat. tremere, to tremble, and Grk. 'anaer,
'andros a man, taken as equivalent to "anther.")
Trevally, or Trevalli, or Trevalla,
or Travale, n. an Australian fish.
In various localities the name is applied to several fishes,
which are most of them of the family Carangidae,
or Horse-Mackerels. An Old-World name for the
Horse-Mackerels is Cavalli (Ital. cavallo,
a little horse). Trevalli is sometimes called
Cavalli; this was probably its original name
in Australia, and Trevalli a later corruption.
The different kinds are--
Black Trevally--
Teuthi
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