Lieutenant Shortland describes them asfeeding in herds of about thirty or forty, and assures us thatone is always observed to be apparently upon the watch at adistance from the rest. Wreck-fish, n. scientific name given by Vieillotin 1816 to a genus of birds peculiar to New Zealand, from Greekkreadion, a morsel of flesh, dim. Port-Jackson Thrush, n.
Tannergrams, n. 113: We gathered the wild raspberries, and mingling them withgeebongs and scrub berries, set forth a dessert. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. Broad-billed D.