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puna?" 1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. ii. p. 113: "I asked his permission to ascend Tonga Riro . . . But he steadily refused, saying, `I would do anything else to show you my love and friendship, but you must not ascend my tepuna, or ancestor.'" 1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 202: "Tupuna, to stand, to spring; an ancestor; hence Tu-pu, to grow." 1863. F. Maning (Pakeha Maori), `Old New Zealand,' p. 196: "One evening a smart, handsome lad came to tell me his <i>tupuna</i> was dying . . . The tribe were ke poto or assembled to the last man about the dying chief." <hw>Turbot</hw>, <i>n</i>. The name is given to a New Zealand fish, called also <i>Lemon-Sole</i> (q.v.) or <i>Yellow-belly</i> (q.v.), <i>Ammotretis guntheri</i>. 1876. `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,' vol. viii. p. 215: "Turbot--a fish not uncommon in the Dunedin market, where it goes by the name of `lemon-sole.'" <hw>Turkey</hw>, <i>n</i>. This common English bird-name is applied in Australia to three birds, viz.-- (1) To the bird <i>Eupodotis australis</i>, Gray, which is a true <i>Bustard</i>, but which is variously called the <i>Native Turkey</i>, <i>Plain Turkey</i> (from its frequenting the plains), and <i>Wild Turkey</i>. (2) To the bird <i>Talegalla lathami</i>, Gould, called the <i>Brush Turkey</i> (from its frequenting the brushes), <i>Wattled Turkey</i> and <i>Wattled Talegalla</i> (from its fleshy wattles), and sometimes, simply, <i>Talegalla</i>. By Latham it was mistaken for a Vulture, and classed by him as the <i>New Holland Vulture</i>. (`General History of Birds,' 1821, vol. i. p. 32.) (3) To the bird <i>Leipoa ocellata</i>, Gould, called the <i>Scrub-Turkey</i> (from its frequenting the Scrubs, the <i>Lowan</i> (its aboriginal name), the <i>Native Pheasant</i> (of South Australia); in the Mallee district it is called <i>Mallee-bird</i>, <i>Mallee-fowl</i>, <i>Mallee-hen</i>. In the following quotations the number of the bird referred to is placed in square brackets at the end. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 14: "We passed several nests of the Brush-Turkey (<i>Talegalla Lathami</i>, Gould)." [2.] 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 260: "Several native bustards (<i>Otis Novae Hollandiae</i>, Gould) were shot." [1.] 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. vi. pl. 4: "<i>Otis Australasianus</i>, Gould, Australia
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