this name because
the wood grew plentifully there.

<hw>Cordage-tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Tasmania to a
<i>Kurrajong</i> (q.v.). The name <i>Sida pulchella</i> has
been superseded by <i>Plagianthus sidoides</i>, Hook.

1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 108:

"Sida pulchella. Handsome Sida. Currijong or cordage tree of
Hobart Town. . . . The bark used to be taken for tying up post
and rail fences, the rafters of huts, in the earlier periods of
the colony, before nails could be so easily procured."

<hw>Corella</hw>, <i>n</i>. any parrot of the genus
<i>Nymphicus</i>; the word is dim. of late Lat. <i>cora =
korh</i>, a girl, doll, etc. The Australian Corella is
<i>N. novae-hollandiae</i>, and the name is also given to
<i>Licmetus nasicus</i>, Temm, the <i>Long-billed Cockatoo</i>
(q.v.). It is often used indiscriminately by bird-fanciers for
any pretty little parrot, parrakeet, or cockatoo.

<hw>Cork-tree</hw>, <i>n.</i> See <i>Bat's-wing Coral</i>.

<hw>Corkwood</hw>, <i>n</i>. a New Zealand tree, <i>Entelea
arborescens</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Tiliaceae</i>. Maori name,
<i>Whau</i>.

1889. T. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. 45:

"The whau . . . is termed corkwood by the settlers on account
of its light specific gravity."

<hw>Cormorant</hw>, <i>n</i>. common English bird-name.
In Australia the name is applied to the following birds:--

Black Cormorant--
<i>Graculus novae-hollandiae</i>, Steph.

Little C.--
<i>G. melanoleucus</i>, Vieill.

Little-black C.--
<i>G. stictocephalus</i>, Bp. .

Pied C.--
<i>G. varius</i>, Gm.

White-breasted Cormorant--
<i>G. leucogaster</i>, Gould.

White-throated C.--
<i>G. brevirostris</i>, Gould.

<hw>Cornstalk</hw>, <i>n</i>. a young man or a girl born
and bred in New South Wales, especially if tall and big.

1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,'
vol. ii. p. 116:

"The colonial-born, bearing also the name of cornstalks (Indian
corn), from the way in which they shoot up."

1834. Geo. Benett, `Wanderings in New South Wales,' vol. i.
p. 341:

"The Australian ladies may compete for personal beauty and
elegance with any European, although satirized as `Cornstalks,'
from the slenderness of their forms."

1849. J. P. Townsend, `Rambles in New South Wales,' p. 68:

"Our host was surrounded by a little army of `cornstalks.'. . .
The designation `cornstalk' is given because the young people
run up like the ste