d F. Hill, `What we Saw in Australia,' p. 264:

". . . including so many churches that we are at a loss to
understand why Adelaide should, in virtue of her supposed
superabundance, be nicknamed by her neighbours the Holy City."

<hw>Holy-cross Toad</hw>, <i>n.</i> See <i>Catholic Frog</i>.

<hw>Holy-Dollar</hw>, <i>n.</i> punning name for a dollar out
of which a <i>Dump</i> (q.v.) had been punched.

1822. `Hobart Town Gazette,' Aug. 10 [Proclamation by Sir
Thomas Brisbane, Governor-in-Chief of New South Wales
and its dependencies, then including Van Diemen's Land]

"Whereas in the Year of our Lord 1813, it was deemed expedient
to send a Quantity of Spanish Dollars to the Colony. . . . And
whereas His Excellency, the then Governor, thought proper to
direct, that every such Dollar, with a small circular Piece of
Silver, struck out of its Centre, should be current within this
Territory, and every part thereof, for the Sum of Five
Shillings."

[These were called <i>holy (holey) dollars</i>, or ring
dollars, though the name does not occur in the above
quotation.]

1857. D. Bunce, `Australasiatic Reminiscences,' p. 59:

"We were more particularly struck with the character and
various kinds of currency [in Tasmania in 1833]. Our first
change for a pound consisted of two dumps, two holy dollars,
one Spanish dollar, one French coin, one half-crown, one
shilling, and one sixpence."

<hw>Honey-Ant</hw>, n. name given to various species of Ants,
in which the body of certain individuals becomes enormously
distended by sweet food with which they are fed by the worker
ants, for whom this store of honey serves as a food supply.
When the side of the distended abdomen is tapped, the ant
passes the `honey' out of its mouth, and it is then eaten.
Three species are known in Australia, <i>Camponotus
inflatus</i>, Lubbock; <i>C. cowlei</i>, Froggatt; and <i>C.
midas</i>, Froggatt. The aboriginal name of the first is
`Yarumpa.'

1896. W. W. Froggatt, `Horne Expedition in Central Australia,'
pt. ii. p. 386:

"Our Australian honey ants belong to the genus Camponotus,
members of which are found to all parts of the world, and are
known as `sugar-ants,' from their fondness for all kinds of
sweets."

<hw>Honey-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. See next word.

<hw>Honey-eater</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian bird, with a
tongue specially adapted for being formed into a tube for the
absorption of honey from flowers. The name is applied to t