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LANGUAGE.
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Reptiles, &c.

Lizards—
large Gen.
" Yûkurn.
smaller Dûrndal.
smallest Mämi wûtchûp.
Iguana Dyoyû.
" with white tip of tail Watya.
Snakes—
diamond Dyallan.
black Gûrnwil.
death-adder Lirk.
grey snake Mort mût mrr.
Scorpion Bereguil.
Centipede Dyenga warak.
Frog Den.
Toad Dook.
Tarantula Wirnbolen.
Dragon fly Gindenden.
Blue fly Bäp bityik.
House fly Bityik.
Flat black beetle Boinka.
Grasshopper Ngar-ngar.
Cricket Didibûroin.

Birds.

Emu Göwir.
Black swan Gûnowar.
Crane Goligûr.
Pelican Batyangal.
Native companion Kûtyûn.
Wild turkey Ngaröw.
" goose Ngarowar.
Mallee-hen Löwan.
Ducks—
mountain Bityangûn.
black Ngare.
teal Wipi.
musk Tyüdwil.
wood Walrong.
Eaglehawk Wrepil.
Laughing jackass Goorûngûng.
Cockatoos—
black, with red under wing Girin.
" " yellow " Gärwel.
white, with yellow top-knot Ginap.
white, with red top-knot Kellelek.
" with no top-knot,
but red under wing
Catyagur.
Common green parrot Tyetyûrt.
Crow Wär.
Magpie Gûrûk.
Water-hen Carori.
Australian redbreast Tyaligûritgûritch.
Blue mountain parrot Calingat.
Swallow Gurawitchwitch.
Cuckoo Gürimûl.
Curlew Will.

Fishes.

Cray-fish Wûlûnak.
Black-fish Wirrap.
Silver-fish Dûrpkut.
Mussel Betyin.


SPECIMENS OF THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY THE ABORIGINAL TRIBES OF LAKE HrXDilARSH. (By the Rev. F. W. Spieseke.) NotiNS — Concise Vocabulary. Mahm - father. Ko-hurn - grandfather. Bahp - - mother. Mi km - grandmother (mo- Woawa - eldest brother. ther's mother). Kut - - youngest brother. Kok-wan - grandmother (father's Tyat - - eldest sister. mother). Kottutcan - - youngest sister. Wut-yo - man ; lirok. Kap-kap-tyirr - family. Bang - - - - body. Wat-yip - male child. Wut-yo-pah lirok ■ - men and women. Mang-yip - female child. Burp - - - - head. Ngan-nit - husband. Winnbiill - - car. Mat-yum - wife. Mir - - eye. Bo-pup - male infant. Kahr - - nose. Bo-pup-gurk - female infant. Tyarp - mouth. Nan-nan-gurk - young woman. Li-a - - tooth. Kol-kon - young man. Burp-po-rung - shoulder. Jung-kum - - virgin. Tat-yack - - arm.