alon Galeatum</i>, Gang-gang Cockatoo, Colonists
of New South Wales."

<hw>Gannet</hw>, <i>n.</i> the English name for the <i>Solan
Goose</i> and its tribe. The Australian species are--

The Gannet--
<i>Sula serrator</i>, Banks.

Brown G. (called also <i>Booby</i>)--
<i>S. leucogastra</i>, Bodd.

Masked G.--
<i>S. cyanops</i>, Sunder.

Red-legged G.--
<i>S. piscator</i>, Linn.

The species in New Zealand is <i>Dysporus serrator</i>, Grey;
Maori name, <i>Takapu</i>.

<hw>Garfish</hw>, <i>n.</i> In England the name is applied to
any fish of the family <i>Belonidae</i>. The name was
originally used for the common European <i>Belone vulgaris</i>.
In Melbourne the Garfish is a true one, <i>Belone ferox</i>,
Gunth., called in Sydney "Long Tom." In Sydney, Tasmania, and
New Zealand it is <i>Hemirhamphus intermedius</i>, Cantor.; and
in New South Wales, generally, it is the river-fish
<i>H. regularis</i>, Gunth., family <i>Sombresocidae</i>. Some
say that the name was originally "Guard-fish," and it is still
sometimes so spelt. But the word is derived from x<i>Gar</i>,
in Anglo-Saxon, which meant spear, dart, javelin, and the
allusion is to the long spear-like projection of the fish's
jaws. Called by the Sydney fishermen <i>Ballahoo</i>, and in
Auckland the <i>Piper</i> (q.v.).

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 288:

"Charley brought me . . . the head bones of a large
guard-fish."

1849. Anon., `New South Wales: its Past, Present, and Future
Condition,' p. 99:

"The best kinds of fish are guard, mullet, and schnapper."

1850. Clutterbuck, `Port Phillip,' c. iii. p. 44:

"In the bay are large quantities of guard-fish."

1875. `Spectator' (Melbourne), June I9, p. 81, col.1:

"Common fish, such as trout, ruffies, mullet, garfish."

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,'
p. 83:

"Of the garfishes we have four species known to be found on our
coasts. One, <i>Hemirhamphus regularis</i>, is the favourite
breakfast fish of the citizens of Sydney. <i>H. melanochir</i>,
or `river garfish,' is a still better fish, but has become very
scarce. <i>H. argentcus</i>, the common Brisbane species
. . . and <i>H. commersoni</i>."

<hw>Gastrolobium</hw>, <i>n.</i> scientific name of a genus of
Australian shrubs, <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>, commonly known as
<i>Poison Bushes</i> (q.v.). The species are--

<i>Gastrolobium bilobum</i>, R. Br.
<i>G. callistachys</i>, M