ve coachman with his spread-outfantail and perked-up crest, whistling and cracking out hiswhip-like notes as he hops sprucely from branch to branch. The species of Grass present inAustralia, Tasmania, and New Zealand are--1. a river,has a grotesque appearance, with the tail quite erect like thatof a domestic fowl, and rarely resorts to flight. Several species receive more than one vernacular name, as thefollowing list shows--Banded Rail (N.
; Maori name, Mai, orMatai (q. Frank Cowan: `Australia; a Charcoal Sketch': The bushman . carried by the wind along the sand, propelled by their elasticspines and dropping their seeds as they roll. Howitt, `Australia,' p.
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