e</hw>, <i>n.</i> land along a river or creek, of
great importance to a station. A use common in Australia, not
peculiar to it.

1844. `Port Phillip Patriot,' July i8, p. 3, col. 7:

". . . has four miles frontage to the Yarra Yarra."

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. iii. p. 29:

"Jack was piloted by Mr. Hawkesbury through the `frontage'
and a considerable portion of the `back' regions of Gondaree."

<hw>Frost-fish</hw>, <i>n.</i> name given in Australia and New
Zealand to the European <i>Scabbard-fish</i>, <i>Lepidopus
caudatus</i>, White. The name is said to be derived from the
circumstance that the fish is found alive on New Zealand
sea-beaches on frosty nights. It is called the
<i>Scabbard-fish</i> in Europe, because it is like the shining
white metal sheath of a long sword. <i>Lepidopus</i> belongs
to the family <i>Trichiuridae</i>, it reaches a length of five
or six feet, but is so thin that it hardly weighs as many
pounds. It is considered a delicacy in New Zealand.

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

"The frost-fish . . . the most delicately flavoured of all New
Zealand fishes, is an inhabitant of deep water, and on frosty
nights, owing probably to its air-bladders becoming choked, it
is cast up by the surf on the ocean-beach."

<hw>Fruit-Pigeon</hw>, <i>n.</i> The name is given to numerous
pigeons of the genera <i>Ptilinopus</i> and <i>Carpophaga</i>.
In Australia it is assigned to the following birds:--

Allied Fruit-Pigeon--
<i>Ptilinopus assimilis</i>, Gould.

Purple-breasted F.-P.--
<i>P. magnifica</i>, Temm.

Purple-crowned F.-P.--
<i>P. superbus</i>, Temm.

Red-crowned F.-P.--
<i>P. swainsonii</i>, Gould.

Rose-crowned F.-P.--
<i>P. ewingii</i> Gould.

White-headed F.-P.--
<i>Columba leucomela</i>, Temm.

And in New Zealand to <i>Carpophaga novae-zealandiae</i>, Gmel.
(Maori name, <i>Kereru Kuku</i>, or <i>Kukupa</i>.)

<hw>Fryingpan-Brand</hw>, <i>n.</i> a large brand used by
cattle-stealers to cover the owner's brand. See <i>Duffer</i>
and <i>Cattle-Duffer</i>.

1857. Frederic De Brebant Cooper, `Wild Adventures in
Australia,' p. 104:

". . . This person was an `old hand,' and got into some
trouble on the other side (i.e. the Bathurst side) by using a
`frying-pan brand.' He was stock-keeping in that quarter, and
was rather given to `gulley-raking.' One fine day it appears
he ran in three bullocks belonging to a neig