Blandowski, `Transactions of the Philosophical Societyof Victoria,' vol. Thischief species (S. No doubt this peculiar method of disposing of hisenemies has earned him the name of Booma, which in thenative language signifies to strike. (1) The popular name ofan Australian bird, Dacelo gigas, Bodd, the Great BrownKingfisher of Australia; see Dacelo.
; so called in Tasmania, and calledalso there River Wattle. It turned out to be thePristis cirrhatus,--a rare and curious species, confinedto the Australian seas, and first described by Dr. 143: These teams would comprise from five to six pairs of bullockseach, and were driven by a man euphoniously termed a`bull-puncher. In Melbourne it isgiven to Lotella callarias, Guenth.
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