nian Tiger</i>.

<hw>Hypsiprymnodon</hw>, <i>n</i>. the scientific name of the
genus of the Australian animal called <i>Musk Kangaroo</i>.
(Grk. hupsiprumnos, with a high stern.) A very small,
rat-like, arboreal kangaroo, about ten inches long. The strong
musky odour from which it takes its vernacular name is
perceptible in both sexes.

1874. R. Lydekker, `Marsupialia,' p. 73:

"The third and last subfamily (Hypsiprymnodontidae) of the
Macropodidae is represented solely by the remarkable creature
known, from its strong scent, as the Musk-kangaroo."

I

<hw>Ibis</hw>, <i>n</i>. There are twenty-four species of this
bird distributed over all the warmer parts of the globe. Those
present in Australasia are--

Glossy (Black, or Bay) Ibis--
<i>Ibis falcinellus</i>, Linn.

Straw-necked I.--
<i>Geronticus spinnicollis</i>, Jameson.

White I.--
<i>Threskiornis strictipennis</i>, Gould.

Of these the last two are confined to Australia, the first is
cosmopolitan.

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 155:

"All they had for supper and breakfast were a straw-coloured
ibis, a duck and a crow."

Ibid. p. 300:

"Crows were feasting on the remains of a black Ibis."

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. vi.:

"<i>Geronticus spinicollis</i>, straw-necked ibis (pl. 45).
This beautiful ibis has never yet been discovered out of
Australia, over the whole of which immense country it is
probably distributed."

"<i>Threskiornis strictipennis</i>, white ibis" (pl. 46).

"<i>Ibis falcinellus</i>, Linn., glossy ibis" (pl. 47).

1892. `The Australasian,' April 9, p. 707, col. 4:

"When the hoarse-voiced jackass mocked us, and the white-winged
ibis flew
Past lagoons and through the rushes, far away into the blue."

<hw>Ice-Plant</hw>, <i>n</i>. Tasmanian name for <i>Tetragonia
implexicoma</i>, Hook., <i>N.O. Ficoideae</i>, B. Fl. Various
species of <i>Tetragonia</i> are cultivated as <i>Spinach</i>
(q.v.).

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 63:

"Called `ice-plant' in Tasmania. Baron Mueller suggests that
this plant be cultivated for spinach. [Found in] all the
colonies except Queensland."

<hw>Identity, Old</hw>, <i>n</i>. phrase denoting a person well
known in a place. a term invented in Dunedin, New Zealand, in
1862, in a popular topical song, by Mr. R. Thatcher, an
improvisator. In the song the "Old Identity," the former
resident of Dunedin, was distingu