i> See <i>Oak</i> and <i>She-Oak</i>.

Heron, <i>n.</i> common English bird-name. The species present
in Australia are--

Ashy Reef H.--
<i>Demiegretta asha</i>, Sykes.

Great-billed H.--
<i>Ardea sumatrana</i>, Rafll.

Grey H.--
<i>A. cinerea</i>, Linn.

Night H.--
<i>Nycticorax caledonicus</i>, Lath.

Reef H.--
<i>Demiegretta sacra</i>, Gmel.

White-fronted H.--
<i>Ardea novae-hollandiae</i>, Lath.

White-necked H.--
A. pacifica, Lath.

The Cranes and the Herons are often popularly confused.

1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' p. 11:

"There did I shoot . . . a blue crane--the Australian heron."

<hw>Herring</hw>, <i>n.</i> Various species of
<i>Clupeidae</i>, to which the European Herring belongs, are
known by this name in Australasia, and the word is also applied
to an entirely different fish, <i>Prototroctes maraena</i>,
Gunth., the <i>Yarra Herring</i>, <i>Freshwater Herring</i>,
<i>Grayling</i> (q.v.), or <i>Cucumber-Mullet</i>, found in the
rivers of Victoria or Tasmania. The <i>Clupeidae</i> are
<i>Clupea sagax</i> (called also <i>Maray</i>, q.v., and
<i>Pilchard</i>), <i>C. sundaica</i>, <i>C. hypselosoma</i>
Bleek., <i>C. novae-hollandiae</i>, Cuv, and Val.,
<i>C. vittata</i>, Castln, (called the <i>Smelt</i>, q.v.), and
others. In Western Australia <i>Chatoessus erebi</i>,
Richards., is called the <i>Perth Herring</i>. See also
<i>Picton Herring</i>, <i>Aua</i>, and <i>Sardine</i>.

<hw>Herring-cale</hw>, <i>n.</i> name given in New South Wales
to the fish Olistherops brunneus, Macl., family Labridae, or
Wrasses.

<hw>Hickory</hw>, <i>n.</i> The name <i>Hickory</i> is
originally American, and is derived from the North-American
Indian; its earliest form was <i>Pohickery</i>. The tree
belongs to the genus <i>Carya</i>. The wood is excellent for
gig-shafts, carriage-poles, fishing-rods, etc. The name is
applied in Australia to various trees whose wood is suitable
for similar purposes. In Tasmania, the name <i>Hickory</i> is
given to <i>Eriostemon squameus</i>, Labill.,
<i>N.O. Rutacea</i>. <i>Native Hickory</i>, or Hickory-Acacia,
is <i>Acacia leprosa</i>, Sieb., <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>, and
in the southern part of New South Wales, <i>Acacia
melanoxylon</i>. (Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 358.)

1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. v. p. 35:

"The beautiful umbrageous blackwood, or native hickory, one of
the handsomest trees in Australia