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THE EUAHLAYI TRIBE

Dinewan would take the part of the former rather than the latter.

Amongst the multiplex totems of Bohrah are—

Goolahwilleel topknot pigeons
Boogoodoogadah  the rain-bird
Gilah pink-breasted parrot
Quarrian yellow and red breasted grey parrot
Buln Buln green parrot
Gidgerregah small green parrot
Cocklerina a rose and yellow crested while cockatoo
Youayah frogs
Guiggahboorool biggest ant-beds
Dunnia wattle tree
Mulga an acacia
Gnoel sandalwood
Brigalow an acacia
Yarragerh north-east wind, same as Dinewan's.

All clouds, lightning, thunder, and rain that is not blown up by the wind of another totem, belong to Bohrah.

Beewee, brown and yellow Iguana, numerically a very powerful totem, has for multiplex totems—

Gai-gai catfish
Curreequinquin butcher-bird
Gougourgahgah laughing-jackass
Deenbi divers
Birroo Birroo sand builders
Deegeenboyah soldier-bird
Weedah bower-bird
Mooregoo Mooregoo  black ibis
Booloon white crane
Noodulnoodul whistling ducks
Goborrai stars
Gulghureer pink lizard
Goori pine
Talingerh native fuchsia
Guiebet native passion fruit
Boonburr poison tree
Gungooday stockman's wood
Guddeeboondoo bitter bark
Boorgoolbean or Mooloowerh  a shrub with creamy blossoms
Yarragerh spring wind
Muddernwurderh west wind.