sh Life in Queensland,' vol. ii. p. 102:

"A confused whirl of dark forms swept before him, and the camp,
so full of life a minute ago, is desolate. It was `a rush,' a
stampede."

<hw>Rush-broom</hw>, <i>n</i>. Australian name for the
indigenous shrub <i>Viminaria denudata</i>, Sm.,
<i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>. The flowers are orange-yellow.
In England, it is cultivated in greenhouses.

<hw>Rusty Fig</hw>, <i>n</i>. See under <i>Fig-tree</i>.

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<hw>Saddle, Colonial</hw>, <i>n</i>.

1885. H. Finch-Hatton, `Advance Australia,' p. 53:

"The colonial saddle is a shapeless, cumbersome fabric,
made of rough leather, with a high pommel and cantle, and huge
knee-pads, weighing on an average twenty pounds. The greatest
care is necessary to prevent such a diabolical machine from
giving a horse a sore back."

[Mr. Finch-Hatton's epithet is exaggerated. The saddle is
well adapted to its peculiar local purposes. The projecting
knee-pads, especially, save the rider from fractured knee-caps
when galloping among closely timbered scrub. The ordinary
English saddle is similarly varied by exaggeration of different
parts to suit special requirements, as e.g. in the military
saddle, with its enormous pommel; the diminutive racing saddle,
to meet handicappers' "bottom-weights," etc. The mediaeval
saddle had its turret-like cantle for the armoured spearman.]

<hw>Saddle-Back</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bird of the North Island of
New Zealand, <i>Creadion carunculatus</i>, Cab. See also
<i>Jack-bird</i> and <i>Creadion</i>.

1868. `Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,' Essay on
Ornithology, by W. Buller, vol. i. p. 5:

"The <i>Saddle-back</i> (Creadion carunculatus) of the North
is represented in the South by C. cinereus, a closely allied
species."

1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' p. 64:

"It is the sharp, quick call of the saddle-back."

1886. A. Reischek, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,'
vol. xix. art. xxiii. p. 102:

"The bird derives its popular name from a peculiarity in the
distribution of its two strongly contrasting colours, uniform
black, back and shoulders ferruginous, the shoulders of the
wings forming a saddle. In structure it resembles the starling
(<i>Sturnidae</i>); it has also the wedge bill."

1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 18:

"<i>Creadion Carunculatus</i>. This bird derives its popular
name from a peculiarity in the distribution of its too strong