rms such extensive migrations that in
the northern winter it is dispersed all over the world.
(`Century.') The species observed in Australia are--
Bartram's Sandpiper--
Tringa bartrami.
Common S.--
Actitis hypoleucos, Linn.
Great S.--
Tringa crassirostris, Temm. and Schleg.
Grey-rumped S.--
T. brevisses.
Sandplover, n. a bird of New Zealand.
According to Professor Parker, only two genera of this common
bird are to be found in New Zealand. There is no bird bearing
the name in Australia. See Plover and Wry-billed
Plover.
1889. Prof. Parker, `Catalogue of New Zealand Exhibition,'
p. 116:
"But two genera of the group [Wading Birds] are found only in
New Zealand, the Sandplover and the curious Wry-billed Plover."
Sand-stay, n. a characteristic name for the
Coast Tea-Tree, Leptospermum laevigatum,
F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae. See Tea-Tree.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 642:
"Sandstay. Coast Tea-Tree. This shrub is the most effectual
of all for arresting the progress of driftsand in a warm
climate. It is most easily raised by simply scattering in
autumn the seeds on the sand, and covering them loosely with
boughs, or, better still, by spreading lopped-off branches of
the shrub itself, bearing ripe seed, on the sand. (Mueller.)"
Sandy, n. a Tasmanian fish, Uphritis
urvillii, Cuv. and Val, family Trachinidae; also
called the Fresh-water Flathead. See Flathead.
Sandy-blight, n. a kind of ophthalmia common in
Australia, in which the eye feels as if full of sand. Called
also shortly, Blight.
Shakspeare has sand-blind (M. of V. II. ii. 31);
Launcelot says--
"0 heavens, this is my true-begotten father! who, being
more than sand-blind, high-gravel blind, knows me not."
On this, the American commentator, Mr. Rolfe, notes--
"Sand-blind. Dim of sight; as if there were sand in the
eye, or perhaps floating before it. It means something more
than purblind."
"As if there were sand in the eye,"--an admirable description
of the Australian Sandy-blight.
1869. J. F. Blanche, `The Prince's Visit,' p. 20:
"The Prince was suff'ring from the sandy blight."
1870. E. B. Kennedy, `Four Years in Queensland,' p. 46:
"Sandy-blight occurs generally in sandy districts in the No
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