ine of green."

1872. C. H. Eden, `My Wife and I in Queensland,' p. 39:

"In the rivers, whether large watercourses, and dignified by
the name of `river,' or small tributaries called by the less
sounding appellation `creeks."

1887. Cassell's `Picturesque Australasia,' vol. i. p. 41:

"Generally where the English language is spoken a creek means a
small inlet of the sea, but in Australia a creek is literally
what it is etymologically, a crack in the ground. In dry
weather there is very little water; perhaps in the height of
summer the stream altogether ceases to run, and the creek
becomes a string of waterholes; but when the heavens are
opened, and the rain falls, it reappears a river."

<hw>Creeklet</hw>, <i>n</i>. diminutive of Creek.

1884. T. Bracken, `Lays of Maori,' p. 91:

"One small creeklet day by day murmurs."

<hw>Creeper</hw>, <i>n</i>. The name (sc. <i>Tree-creeper</i>)
is given to several New Zealand birds of the genus
<i>Certhiparus</i>, <i>N.O. Passeres</i>. The Maori names are
<i>Pipipi, Toitoi</i>, and <i>Mohona</i>.

1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 51:

"<i>Certhiparus Novae Zelandiae</i>, Finsch. New Zealand
Creeper." [A full description.]

<hw>Cronk</hw>, <i>adj</i>. Derived from the German
<i>krank</i>--sick or ill.

(1) A racing term used of a horse which is out of order and not
"fit" for the contest; hence transferred to a horse whose owner
is shamming its illness and making it "run crooked" for the
purpose of cheating its backers.

(2) Used more generally as slang, but not recognized in Barere
and Leland's `Slang Dictionary.'

1893. `The Herald' (Melbourne), July 4, p. 2, col. 7:

"He said he would dispose of the cloth at a moderate figure
because it was `cronk.' The word `cronk,' Mr. Finlayson
explained, meant `not honestly come by.'"

<hw>Crow</hw>, <i>n</i>. common English bird-name. The
Australian species is--White-eyed, <i>Corvus coronoides</i>
V. and H. In New Zealand (Maori name, <i>Kokako</i>) the name
is used for the Blue-wattled Crow, <i>Glaucopis wilsoni</i> and
for the (N. island) Orange-wattled, <i>G. cinerea</i>, Gmel.
(S. island).

<hw>Crow-shrike</hw>, <i>n</i>. Australian amalgamation of two
common English bird-names. The <i>Crow-shrikes</i> are of
three genera, <i>Strepera, Gymnorrhima</i>, and
<i>Cracticus</i>. The varieties of the genus Strepera are--

Black Crow-shrike--
<i>Strepera fuliginosa</i>, Gould.

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