Captain Cook observed it on several parts of thecoast. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. 249: As I ascended the steep hill with my train, scarcely anygreeting was addressed to me, no shouts of haeremai, souniversal a welcome to the stranger, were to be heard. This speciesis pretty common on Lord Howe's Island, Norfolk Island, andother places, and is a very tame species.
210: Mayboy came forward dangling a small dilly-bag. ursinus. The species thatforms the `mallee' scrub of South Australia is theEucalyptus dumosa, and it is probable that alliedspecies receive the same name in other parts of the country. This English fish-name is appliedwith various epithets to many fishes in Australia, some of thetrue family Percidae, others of quite differentfamilies.
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