ariously applied to
several birds in different arts of Australia; the one
described is common."

<hw>King William Pine</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian tree.
See <i>Cedar</i>.

<hw>Kino</hw>, <i>n</i>. a drug; the dried juice, of astringent
character, obtained from incisions in the bark of various
trees. In Australia it is got from certain Eucalypts,
e.g. <i>E. resinifera</i>, Smith, and <i>E. corymbosa</i>,
Smith. "It is used in England under the name of <i>Red-gum</i>
in astringent lozenges for sore throat." (`Century.') See
<i>Red Gum</i>. The drug is Australian, but the word,
according to Littre, is "<i>Mot des Indes orientales</i>."

<hw>Kipper</hw>, <i>n</i>. a youth who has been initiated,
i.e. been through the <i>Bora</i> (q.v.). It is a Queensland
word. In Kabi, Queensland, the form is <i>kivar</i>: on the
Brisbane River, it is <i>kippa</i>, whereas in the Kamilaroi of
New South Wales the word is <i>kubura</i>.

1853. H. Berkeley Jones, `Adventures in Australia in 1852 and
1853,' p. 126:

"Around us sat `Kippers,' i.e. `hobbledehoy blacks.'"

1885. R. M. Praed, `Australian Life,' p. 24:

"The young men receive the rank of warriors,
and are henceforth called kippers."

Kit, <i>n</i>. a flexible Maori basket; not the English
<i>kit</i> used by soldiers, but the Maori word kete, a basket.

1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 199:

"<i>Kete</i> (Maori), pa-kete (Anglo-Maori), basket, kit
(Eng.)."

1856. E. B. Fitton, `New Zealand,' p. 68:

"The natives generally bring their produce to market in neatly
made baskets, plaited from flax and known by the name of `Maori
kits.'"

1857. C. Hursthouse, `New Zealand, the Britain of the South,'
vol. i. p. 180:

"The kit is a large plaited green-flax basket."

1877. An Old Colonist, `Colonial Experiences,' p. 31:

"Potatoes were procurable from the Maoris in flax kits,
at from one to five shillings the kit."

1884. Lady Martin, `Our Maoris,' p. 44:

"They might have said, as an old Maori woman long afterwards
said to me, `Mother, my heart is like an old kete (i.e. a
coarsely-woven basket). The words go in, but they fall
through.'"

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

Allied Kite--
<i>Milvus affanis</i>, Gould.

Black-shouldered K.--
<i>Elanus axillaris</i>, Lath.

Letter-winged K.--
<i>E. scriptus</i>, Gould.

Square-tailed K.--
<i>Lophoictinia isura</i>, Gould.

1847.