ochia pyrainidata</i>, Benth,
<i>N.O. Chenopodiaceae</i>.

1876. W. Harcus. `South Australia,' p. 124:

"[The country] would do splendidly for sheep, being thickly
grassed with short fine grass, salt and blue bush, and geranium
and other herbs."

<hw>Blue-Cod</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to a New Zealand fish,
<i>Percis colias</i>, family <i>Trachinidae</i>. Called also
in New Zealand <i>Rock-Cod</i> (q.v.). The fish is of a
different family from the <i>Cod</i> of the northern
hemisphere.

<hw>Blue-creeper</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to the creeper,
<i>Comesperma volubile</i>, Lab., <i>N.O. Campanulaceae</i>.

<hw>Blue-eye</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bird name. <i>The Blue faced
Honey-eater</i> (q.v.).

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. pl. 68:

"<i>Entomyza cyanotis</i>, Swains. Blue-faced <i>Entomyza</i>.
Blue-eye of the colonists."

<hw>Blue-fish</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Sydney to
<i>Girella cyanea</i>, of the family <i>Sparidae</i>, or
Sea-Breams. It is different from the <i>Blue-fish</i> of the
American coasts, which is of the family <i>Carangidae</i>.

<hw>Blue-Groper</hw>, <i>n</i>. a fish of New South Wales and
Tasmania, <i>Cossyphus gouldii</i>, one of the <i>Labridae</i>
or Wrasses, often called <i>Parrot-Fish</i> in Australia.
Called also <i>Blue-head</i> in Tasmania. Distinct from the
fish called the <i>Groper</i> (q.v).

<hw>Blue-gum</hw>, <i>n</i>. See under <i>Gum</i>. It is an
increasing practice to make a single word of this compound, and
to pronounce it with accent on the first syllable, as
`wiseman,' `goodman.'

<hw>Blue-head</hw>, <i>n</i>. Tasmanian name for the fish
called the <i>Blue-Groper</i> (q.v.)

<hw>Blue Lobelia</hw>, <i>n</i>. The indigenous species in
Tasmania which receives this name is <i>Lobelia gibbosa</i>,
Lab., <i>N.O. Campanulaceae</i>.

<hw>Blue-pointer</hw>, <i>n</i>. a name given in New South
Wales to a species of Shark, <i>Lamna glauca</i>, Mull. and
Heule, family <i>Lamnidae</i>, which is not confined to
Australasia.

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,'
p. 95:

"On the appearance of a `blue pointer' among boats fishing for
schnapper outside, the general cry is raised, `Look out for the
blue pointer.' . . . These are high swimming fishes, and may
be readily seen when about pushing their pursuits; the
beautiful azure tint of their back and sides, and independent
manner they have of swimming rapidly and high among t