y Cray-fish</i>. Name given to the large
salt-water Cray-fish, rarely called Craw-fish, or Spiny
Lobster, found along the Sydney coast, <i>Palinurus
huegeli</i>, Heller.

1890. F. McCoy, `Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria,'
Dec. 16, pl. 159:

"This species, which is the common Sydney Craw-fish, is easily
distinguished from the southern one, the <i>P. Lalandi</i>,
which is the common Melbourne Craw-fish."

(7) <i>Southern Rock-Lobster or Melbourne Crayfish</i>. Name
given to the large salt-water Cray-fish, sometimes called
Craw-fish, found along the southern coast and common in the
Melbourne market, <i>Palinurus lalandi</i>, Lam.

1890. F. McCoy, `Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria,'
Dec. 15, pl. 150:

"I suggest the trivial name of Southern Rock Lobster for this
species, which abounds in Victoria, Tasmania and New Zealand,
as well as the Cape of Good Hope . . . does not appear to have
been noticed as far north as Sydney."

The name <i>Craw-fish</i> is merely an ancient variant of
<i>Cray-fish</i>, though it is said by Gasc, in his French
Dictionary, that the term was invented by the London
fishmongers to distinguish the small <i>Spiny Lobster</i>,
which has no claws, from the common <i>Lobster</i>, which has
claws. The term <i>Lobster</i>, in Australia, is often applied
to the <i>Sydney Cray-fish</i> (see 7, above).

<hw>Creadion</hw>, <i>n</i>. scientific name given by Vieillot
in 1816 to a genus of birds peculiar to New Zealand, from Greek
<i>kreadion</i>, a morsel of flesh, dim. of <i>kreas</i>,
flesh. Buller says, "from the angle of the mouth on each side
there hangs a fleshy wattle, or caruncle, shaped like a
cucumber seed and of a changeable bright yellow colour."
('Birds of New Zealand,' 1886, vol. i. p. 18.) The
<i>Jack-bird</i> (q.v.) and <i>Saddle-back</i> (q.v.) are the
two species.

1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 404:

"Family <i>Sturnidae</i>--Tieki (<i>Creadion Carunculatus</i>).
This is a beautiful black bird with a chestnut band across the
back and wings; it has also a fleshy lappet on either side of
the head. The <i>tieki</i> is considered a bird of omen: if
one flies on the right side it is a good sign; if on the left,
a bad one."

<hw>Cream of Tartar tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Baobab</i>
(q.v.).

<hw>Creek</hw>, <i>n</i>. a small river, a brook, a branch of
a river. "An application of the word entirely unknown in Great
Britain." (`O.E.D.') The `Standar