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101: In one part of Central Australia the leaves and twigs of ashrub called pidgery by the natives are dried and preserved inclosely woven bags. --Short-awned-- Triticum multiflorum, Banks and Sol. They are also called Mallee Gums. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c.

Legge, `Australasian Association for theAdvancement of Science' (Brisbane), p. 283: We discovered a nest of full-fledged birds of the AustralianShrike or Butcher-bird, also called Rain-bird by the colonists(Vanga destructor). another name for the SatinBower-bird. North-Island W.