Wren--
<i>Malurus splendens</i>, Quoy and Gaim.

Black-backed W.--
<i>M. melanotus</i>, Gould.

Blue W.--
<i>M. cyaneus</i>, Lath.

Blue-breasted W.--
<i>M. pulcherrimus</i>, Gould.

Bower's W.--
<i>M. cruentatus</i>, Gould.

Chestnut-rumped Ground W.--
<i>Hylacola pyrrhopygia</i>, Vig. and Hors.

Emu-wren (q.v.)--
<i>Stipiturus malachurus</i>, Lath.

Goyder's Grass W.--
<i>Amytis goyderi</i>, Gould.

Grass W.--
<i>A. textilis</i>, Quoy and Gaim.; called by Gould
the <i>Textile Wren</i>.

Large-tailed Grass W.--
<i>A. macrura</i>, Gould.

Longtailed W.--
<i>Malurus gouldii</i>, Sharpe.

Lovely W.--
<i>M. amabilis</i>, Gould.

Orange-backed W.--
<i>M. melanocephalus</i>, Vig. and Hors.

Purple-crowned W.--
<i>M. coronatus</i>, Gould.

Red-rumped Ground W.--
<i>Hylacola cauta</i>, Gould.

Red-winged W.--
<i>Malurus elegans</i>, Gould.

Silvery Blue W.--
<i>M. cyanochlamys</i>, Gould.

Striated Grass W.--
<i>Amytis striatus</i>, Gould;
called also the <i>Porcupine bird</i> (q.v.).

Turquoise W.--
<i>Malurus callainus</i>, Gould.

Variegated W.--
<i>M. lamberti</i>, Vig. and Hors.

White-backed W.--
<i>M. leuconotus</i>, Gould.

White-winged W.--
<i>M. leucopterus</i>, Quoy and Gaim.

See also <i>Scrub-Wren</i>.

In New Zealand, the name is applied to the Bush-Wren,
<i>Xenicus longipes</i>, Gmel., and the Rock (or Mountain)
Wren, <i>X. gilviventris</i>, von Pelz.

<hw>Wry-billed Plover</hw>, <i>n</i>. a very rare bird
of New Zealand, <i>Anarhynchus frontalis</i>, Quoy and Gaim.

1889. Prof. Parker, `Catalogue of New Zealand Exhibition,'
p. 116:

"The curious wry-billed plover . . . the only bird known in
which the bill is turned not up or down, but to one side--the
right."

<hw>Wurley</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal name for an aboriginal's
hut. For other words expressing the same thing, see list under
<i>Humpy</i>. In the dialect of the South-East of South
Australia <i>oorla</i> means a house, or a camp, or a bird's
nest.

1862. H. C. Kendall, `Poems,' p. 110:

"Seeking, hoping help to find;
Sleeping in deserted wurleys."

1865. W. Howitt, `Discovery in Australia,' vol. ii. p. 233:

"Immediately went across to the blacks' wurleys, where I found
King sitting in a but which the natives had made for him."

1879. G. Taplin, `Native Tribes of South Australia,' p. 12,
and Note:

"In case of a man having two wives, the elder is always
regar