Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. Eagle-hawking, n. Meredith, `Over the Straits,' c. 15: The fiercest fighter I ever saw `stuck up' against a redgum-tree.
' say probablyfrom pedauros, Aeolic for meteowros, high in air. Currant, Plain, n. 184: `This bird,' as we are informed by Mr. Orange-bellied P.