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Origin of a common name?

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Subject: Origin of a common name?
From: Con Boekel <>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 06:38:42 +0000

The 'Picts' were 'painted' people.


On 12/21/2017 4:41 PM, Martin Butterfield wrote:
According to Fraser and Gray "Australian Bird names" it was used by John Gould derived from the species name picta ~ latin picto "to paint".


On 21 December 2017 at 16:09, Bill Hall <> wrote:

Der All, does any-one know the origin of the common name; Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta) for this bird?

 

Bill Hall



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