, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. ii. p. 285:

"The Crested Grebe is generally-speaking a rare bird in both
islands."

<hw>Greenhide</hw>, <i>n.</i> See quotation. <i>Greenhide</i>
is an English tannery term for the hide with the hair on before
scouring.

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 27:

"Drivers, who walked beside their teams carrying over their
shoulders a long-handled whip with thong of raw salted hide,
called in the colony `greenhide.'"

<hw>Greenie</hw>, <i>n.</i> a school-boys' name for <i>Ptilotis
penicillata</i>, Gould, the White-plumed Honey-eater.

1896. `The Australasian,' Jan. 11, p. 73, col. 1:

"A bird smaller than the Australian minah, and of a greenish
yellowish hue, larger, but similar to the members of the
feathered tribe known to young city `knights of the catapult'
as greenies."

1897. A. J. Campbell (in `The Australasian,'Jan. 23), p. 180,
col. 5:

"Every schoolboy about Melbourne knows what the `greenie'
is--the white-plumed honey-eater (P. penicillata). The
upper-surface is yellowish-grey, and the under-surface brownish
in tone. The white-plumed honey-eater is common in Victoria,
where it appears to be one of the few native birds that is not
driven back by civilisation. In fact, its numbers have
increased in the parks and gardens in the vicinity of
Melbourne."

<hw>Green-leek</hw>, <i>n.</i> an Australian Parrakeet. See
quotation.

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. v. pl. 15:

"<i>Polytelis Barrabandi</i>, Wagl., Barraband's Parrakeet;
Green-leek of the colonists of New South Wales."

1855. R. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 123:

"We observed m the hollow trees several nests of the little
green paroquet,--here, from its colour, called the leek."

<hw>Green Lizard</hw>, <i>n.</i> sometimes called the
<i>Spotted Green Lizard</i>, a New Zealand reptile,
<i>Naultinus elegans</i>, Gray.

<hw>Green Oyster</hw>, <i>n.</i> name given in Queensland to
the sea-weed <i>Ulva lactuca</i>, Linn., <i>N.O. Algae</i>.
From being frequently found attached to oysters, this is
sometimes called "Green Oyster." (Bailey.) See <i>Oyster</i>.

<hw>Greenstone</hw>, <i>n.</i> popular name of <i>Nephrite</i>
(q.v.). Maori name, <i>Pounamu</i> (q.v.).

1859. A.S. Thomson, `Story of New Zealand,' p. 140:

"The greenstone composing these implements of war is called
nephrite by mineralogists, and is found in the Middle Island of
New Zealand