Prodromus of the Natural History of
Victoria,' Dec. 5, pl. 50:

"Our <i>Cicada moerens</i> . . . produces an almost deafening
sound from the numbers of the individuals in the hottest days
and the loudness of their noise." "This species (<i>Cyclochila
Australasiae</i>) is much less abundant than the
<i>C. moerens</i>, and seems more confined to moist places,
such as river banks and deep ravines and gullies."

1889. F. McCoy, `Prodromus of the Natural History of
Victoria,' Dec. 11, pl. 110:

"The great size of the muscular thighs of the posterior pair of
feet enables the Locusts to jump much higher, further, and more
readily than Grasshoppers, giving an example of muscular power
almost unparalleled in the animal kingdom."

1896. F. A. Skuse, `Records of Australian Museum,' vol. ii.
No. 7, p. 107:

"What are commonly styled `locusts' in this country are really
<i>Cicadae</i>, belonging to a totally distinct and widely
separated order of insects. And moreover the same kind of
<i>Cicada</i> is known by different names in different
localities, such as `Miller,' `Mealyback,' etc. The true
locusts belong to the grasshoppers, while the <i>Homopterous
Cicadidae</i> have been known as <i>Cicadas</i> from times
of remote antiquity."

<hw>Locust-tree</hw>, of New Zealand. See <i>Kowhai</i>.

<hw>Logan-Apple</hw>, <i>n</i>. a small Queensland tree,
with an acid fruit, <i>Acronychia acidia</i>, F. v. M.,
<i>N.O. Rutaceae</i>.

<hw>Log-hut</hw>, <i>n</i>. Log-cabin is American.
Log-hut is Australian.

1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' p. 178:

"Not more than ten settlers had been able to erect dwellings
better than log-huts."
[This was in Sydney, 1796.]

1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol. I.
c. ix. p. 287:

"Captain Fyans was living in a log-hut on the banks of the
Marabool river."

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. vi. p. 61:

"Log-huts, with the walls built American fashion, of horizontal
tree-trunks."

<hw>Log-Runner</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian bird, called also
a Spinetail. The species are--

Black-headed--
<i>Orthonyx spaldingi</i>, Ramsay;

Spinetailed--
<i>O. spinicauda</i>, Temm., called also <i>Pheasant's
Mother</i>. See <i>Orthonyx</i>.

<hw>Logs</hw>, <i>n. pl.</i> the Lock-up. Originally, in the
early days, a log-hut, and often keeping the name when it was
made a more secure place. Sometimes, when there was no
lock-up, the pris