Citations:weroole

English citations of weroole

1. 1848, John Gould, The Birds of Australia : in seven volumes, volume V, Trichoglossus Versicolor, Vig.:

   Trichoglossus versicolor, Vig. in Lear's III. Psitt., pl. 36--Selb. in Nat. Lib. Orn., Vol. vi. Parrots, p. 157, pl. 21. W"e-ro-ole, Aborigines of Port Essington.

2. 1881, Journal für ornithologie: ein Centralorgan für die gesammte Ornithologie, page 155:

   Trichoglossus versicolor. -- Werol. Engl.: Variegated Lorikeet.

3. 1913, Webster's Dictionary, We`roo´le
   • n. 1. (Zool.) An Australian lorikeet (Ptilosclera versicolor) noted for the variety of its colors; - called also varied lorikeet.
4. 1913 January 18, “On the Land”, in The Sydney Morning Herald‎^[1], page 6:

   Parrots are rarely regarded with a friendly eye by growers of fruit and grain. The musk lorikeet, the jerrlang (or little lorikeet), the resella, the wero (or varied lorikeet), the warren (or blue mountain lorikeet), and the king parrot are especially treated as enemies.

5. 1920, The Emu: Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union, volume 20, page 33:

   Varied Lorikeet .. .. .. Wero