Tribonyx

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We fell in with the water-hen, Tribonyx, on one of the creeks on our journey to Lake Torrens, and again on Strzelecki's Creek, apparently migrating to the south.
 

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  1. New Latin (Du Bus, 1837), from Greek τρίβειν, rub, + ο=νυξ, elaw.
 

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