1855. Rev. R. Taylor,' Te Ika a Maui,' p. 435:
"The ti (Cordyline australis or Dracoena australis) is found in great abundance. Though so common, it has a very foreign look . . . the leaf is that of a flag, the flower forms a large droop and is very fragrant."
1866. Lady Barker, `Station Life in New Zealand,' p. 52:
"Ti-ti palms are dotted here and there, and give a foreign and tropical appearance to the whole."
1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' p. 297:
"An abundance of narrow strips of the tough, fibrous leaves of the ti-palm."
1890. W. Colenso, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,'
vol. xviii. art. lvii. p. 486:
"In these plains stand a number of cabbage-trees (Cordyline Australis), the ti-trees of the Maori. These often bear only a single head of long narrow harsh leaves at the top of their tall slender stems, but sometimes they are slightly branched, the branches also only bearing a similar tuft."
1892. `Otago Witness,' Dec. 22, p. 7, col. 2:
"A small grove of ti-palms or cabbage-tree."
1835. W. Yate, `Account of New Zealand,' p. 56:
"Tiaki or purourou. This elegant bird is about the size of the sky-lark."
1876. W. B. Wildey, `Australasia and Oceanic Region,' p.
320:
"Two chains of mountains, the eastern and western tiers, run through it nearly north and south."
1891. `The Australasian,' April 4, p. 670, col. 2:
"That stuff as they calls horizontal, a mess of branches and root, The three barren tiers; and the Craycroft, that 'ud settle a bandicoot."
1852. F. Lancelott, `Australia as it is,' vol. ii. p. 115:
"Splatters, or, as they are commonly called tiersmen, reside in the forest of stringy bark ..."
See under Cat.
1832. J. Bischoff, `Van Diemen's Land,' c. ii. p. 52:
"The skins of the ... opossum, tiger-cat, and platypus ... are exported."
1852. Ronald C. Gunn, `Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land,' vol. ii. p. 11:
"Dasyurus maculatus, Shaw... . The Spotted Martin, Phillip's `Voy. to Botany Bay, p. 276. Martin Cat,' pl. 46. `Tiger Cat' of the Colonists of Tasmania, to which island it is confined. It is distinguished from D. viverrinus, the `Native Cat' of the Colonists, by its superior size and more robust form; also from the tail being spotted as well as the body."
1891. `Guide to the Zoological Gardens, Melbourne':
"After the opossums comes a specimen of the tiger-cat (Dasyurus maculatus); this animal, which is so destructive to poultry, is well known throughout the country in Victoria."
1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. ii.
p. 286:
"The species of Phormium tenax thus cultivated is the tihore, literally the `skinning' flax. This name describes the ease with which it submits to the scraping process."
See Heitiki.
Applied in Australia to the following species--
Broad-tailed Tit-- Acanthiza apicalis, Gould.
Brown T.-- A. pusilla, Lath.
Buff T.-- Geobasileus reguloides, V. and H.
Chestnut-rumped T.-- Acanthiza uropygialis, Gould.
Little T.-- A. nana, Vig. and Hors.
Plain T.-- A. inornata, Gould.
Red-rumped T.-- A. pyrrhopygia, Gould.
Scaly-breasted T.-- A. squamata, De Vis.
Scrub T.-- Sericornis magna, Gould.
Striated T.-- Acanthiza lineata, Gould.
Tasmanian T.-- A. diemenensis, Gould; called also Brown-tail.