ham Island W.--
<i>G. albofrontata</i>, Gray.

Grey W.--
<i>G. flaviventris</i>, Gray; Maori name, <i>Riro-riro</i>.

1889. Prof. Parker, `Catalogue of New Zealand Exhibition,'.
119:

"Grey Warbler (<i>Gerygone flaviventris</i>) also belongs
to an Australian genus. It is remarkable for its curious and
beautifully formed nest, and as being the foster-parent to the
Longtailed Cuckoo, which lays its eggs in the Warbler's nest."

<hw>Warden</hw>, <i>n</i>. The term is applied specifically to
the Government officer, with magisterial and executive powers,
in charge of a goldfield.

1861. Mrs. Meredith, `Over the Straits,' c. iv. p. 141:

"The chief official in a digging settlement, the padra [sic] of
the district, is entitled the warden."

<hw>Warehou</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for
the fish <i>Neptonemus brama</i>, Gunth., called
<i>Snotgall-Trevally</i> in Tasmania, and called
also <i>Sea-Bream</i>. See <i>Trevally</i>.

<hw>Warrener</hw>, <i>n</i>. a name applied by Tasmanian
children to the larger specimens of the shells called
<i>Mariners</i> (q.v.). The name is an adaptation,
by the law of Hobson-Jobson, from a Tasmanian aboriginal word,
<i>Yawarrenah</i>, given by Milligan (`Vocabulary,' 1890), as
used by tribes, from Oyster Bay to Pittwater, for the ear-shell
(<i>Haliotis</i>). The name has thus passed from shell to
shell, and in its English application has passed on also to
the marine shell, <i>Turbo undulatus</i>.

<hw>Warrigal</hw>, <i>n</i>. and <i>adj</i>. an aboriginal
word, originally meaning a Dog. Afterwards extended as an
adjective to mean <i>wild</i>; then used for a <i>wild
horse</i>, <i>wild natives</i>, and in bush-slang for a
worthless man. The following five quotations from vocabularies
prove the early meaning of the word in the Port Jackson
district, and its varying uses at later dates elsewhere.

1793. Governor Hunter, `Port Jackson,' p. 411:

"Warregal--a large dog."

1798. D. Collins, `Account of English Colony in New South
Wales,' p. 614 [Vocab.]:

"Wor-re-gal--dog."

1859. D. Bunce, `Language of Aborigines of Victoria,' p. 17:

"Ferocious, savage, wild--warragul." (adj.)

Ibid. p. 46:

"Wild savage--worragal." (noun.) 1879.

Wyatt, `Manners of Adelaide Tribes,' p. 21:

"Warroo=wild."

The quotations which follow are classed under the different
meanings borne by the word.

(1) <i>A Wild Dog</i>.

1855. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes,' p. 153:

"I ha