ad of a neighbour."

1880. Fison and Howitt, `Kamilaroi and Kurnai,' p. 272 [Note]:

"The expression `deep lead' refers to those ancient
river-courses which are now only disclosed by deep-mining
operations."

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. v. p. 55:

"Taking the general matter of `leads' or dead rivers, it
chiefly obtained that if gold were found on one portion of
them, it extended to all the claims within a considerable
distance."

<hw>Lead, to strike the</hw>. See above. Used figuratively
for to succeed.

1874. Garnet Walch, `Head over Heels,' p. 74:

"We could shy up our caps for a feller,
As soon as he struck the lead."

<hw>Leadbeater</hw>, <i>n</i>. applied to a <i>Cockatoo</i>,
<i>Cacatua leadbeateri</i>, Vig., called <i>Leadbeaters
Cockatoo</i> by Major Mitchell (q.v.).

1890. Lyth, `Golden South,' c. xiv. p. 127:

"The birds are very beautiful--the Blue Mountain and Lowrie
parrots . . . leadbeater, and snow-white cockatoos."

<hw>Leaf-insect</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Phasmid</i>.

<hw>Lease</hw>, <i>n</i>. a piece of land leased for mining
purposes. In England, the word is used for the document or
legal right concerning the land. In Australia, it is used for
the land itself. Compare <i>Right-of-way</i>.

1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p. 15:

"A nice block of stone was crushed from Johnson's lease."

<hw>Lease in perpetuity</hw>, a statutory expression in the
most recent land legislation of New Zealand, indicating a
specific mode of alienating Crown lands,. It is a lease for
999 years at a permanent rental equal to 4% on the capital
value, which is not subject to revision.

<hw>Leather-head</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the
<i>Friar-bird</i> (q.v.), <i>Philemon corniculatus</i>, Lath.
See <i>Tropidorhynchus</i>.

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 461:

"The Leatherhead with its constantly changing call and
whistling."

1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 58:

"The leather-heads utter their settled phrase `Off we go! off
we go!' in the woods, or they come to suck honey from the
<i>Melianthus major</i>, which stands up like a huge artichoke
plant, tipped with dark red plumes of flowers."

1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Naturalist,' p. 233:

"Among the Honey-suckers is that singular-looking bird, the
Leatherhead, or Bald-headed Friar (<i>Tropidorhynchus
corniculatus</i>); it is commonly seen upon the topmost
branches