The cards compiled in this box relate to Tindale's concern with using vocabulary to map distributional patterns of cultural and natural phenomena across Australia. The header cards include: Birds; Cassowary; Cockatoo; Crow; Curlew; Ducks and duck like birds; Eagle (eaglehawk); Emu. Mostly drawn from literature sources, with an occassional card drawn from Tindale's manuscript materials. Note that the box also contains a set of Cyrillic characters written with one character per card (6 x7.6 cm cards).