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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-- <i>Tringa bartrami</i>. Common S.-- <i>Actitis hypoleucos</i>, Linn. Great S.-- <i>Tringa crassirostris</i>, Temm. and Schleg. Grey-rumped S.-- <i>T. brevisses</i>. <hw>Sandplover</hw>, <i>n</i>. 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 <i>Plover</i> and <i>Wry-billed Plover</i>. 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." <hw>Sand-stay</hw>, <i>n</i>. a characteristic name for the <i>Coast Tea-Tree</i>, <i>Leptospermum laevigatum</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>. See <i>Tea-Tree</i>. 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.)" <hw>Sandy</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian fish, <i>Uphritis urvillii</i>, Cuv. and Val, family <i>Trachinidae</i>; also called the <i>Fresh-water Flathead</i>. See <i>Flathead</i>. <hw>Sandy-blight</hw>, <i>n</i>. a kind of ophthalmia common in Australia, in which the eye feels as if full of sand. Called also shortly, <i>Blight</i>. Shakspeare has <i>sand-blind</i> (<i>M. of V</i>. 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-- "<i>Sand-blind</i>. 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 <i>Sandy-blight</i>. 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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