ich robbed the pick
of its points nearly as soon as the blacksmith had steeled them
at a charge of 2s. 6d. a point."

<hw>Bur</hw>, <i>n</i>. In Tasmania the name is applied to
<i>Acaena rosaceae</i>, Vahl., <i>N.O. Rosaceae</i>.

<hw>Burramundi</hw>, or <hw>Barramunda</hw>, <i>n</i>. a
fresh-water fish, <i>Osteoglossum leichhardtii</i>, Guenth.,
family <i>Osteoglossidae</i>, found in the Dawson and Fitzroy
Rivers, Queensland. The name is also incorrectly applied by
the colonists to the large tidal perch of the Fitzroy River,
Queensland, <i>Lates calcarifer</i>, Guenth., a widely
distributed fish in the East Indies, and to <i>Ceratodus
forsteri</i>, Krefft, family <i>Sirenidae</i>, of the Mary and
Burnett Rivers, Queensland. Burramundi is the aboriginal name
for <i>O. leichhardtii</i>. The spelling <i>barramunda</i> is
due to the influence of <i>barracouta</i> (q.v.). See
<i>Perch</i>.

1873. A. Trollope, `Australia and New Zealand,'
vol. i. p. 189:

"There is a fish too at Rockhampton called the burra mundi,--
I hope I spell the name rightly,--which is very commendable."

1880. Guenther, `Study of Fishes,' p. 357:

"<i>Ceratodus</i>. . . . Two species, <i>C. forsteri</i> and
<i>C. miolepis</i>, are known from fresh-waters of
Queensland. . . . Locally the settlers call it `flathead,'
`Burnett or Dawson salmon,' and the aborigines `barramunda,' a
name which they apply also to other largescaled fresh-water
fishes, as the <i>Osteoglossum leichhardtii</i>. . . . The
discovery of <i>Ceratodus</i> does not date farther back than
the year 1870."

1882. W. Macleay, `Descriptive Catalogue of Australian fishes'
('Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales,'
vol. vi. p. 256):

"<i>Osteoglossum leichhardtii</i>, Gunth. Barramundi of the
aborigines of the Dawson River."

1892. Baldwin Spencer, `Proceedings of the Royal Society
of Victoria,' vol. iv. [Note on the habits of <i>Ceratodus
forsterii</i>]

"It has two common names, one of which is the `Burnett Salmon'
and the other the `Barramunda" . . . the latter name . . . is
properly applied to a very different form, a true teleostean
fish (<i>Osteoglossum leichhardtii</i>) which is
found . . . further north . . . in the Dawson and
Fitzroy . . . Mr. Saville Kent states that the Ceratodus is much
prized as food. This is a mistake, for, as a matter of fact,
it is only eaten by Chinese and those who can afford to get
nothing better."

<hw>Bur