157: The Port-Jackson thrush, of which a plate is annexed, inhabitsthe neighbourhood of Port Jackson. See 1793 Hunter, 1845Balfour, and 1880 Senior; sportsmen frequently use the formKangaroo. See Blackbutt. The name wasapplied to the bird by the early colonists of New South Wales,and has persisted.
Its history is given in thequotations. night roams about in search of food,which it finds by grubbing about the roots of giganticeucalypti. Charles Lamb, `Essays of Elia' [edition 1895], p. Only the large muscular sucking disc onfoot is used.
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