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