erosperma moschatum</i>, Victorian sassafras-tree,
<i>N.O. Monimiaceae</i>."

<hw>Satin-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the <i>Satin
Bower-bird</i>. See <i>Bower-bird</i>.

1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of Linnaean Society,'
vol. xv. p. 264:

The natives call it Cowry, the colonists Satin-Bird."

<hw>Satin-Robin</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian name for the
<i>Satin Fly-catcher</i>, <i>Myiagra nitida</i>, Gould.

<hw>Satin-Sparrow</hw>, <i>n</i>. Same as <i>Satin-Robin</i>
(q.v.).

<hw>Satinwood</hw>, <i>n</i>. a name applied to two Australian
trees from the nature of their timber--<i>Xanthoxylum
brachyacanthum</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Rutaceae</i>, called also
<i>Thorny Yellow-wood</i>; <i>Daphnandra micrantha</i>, Benth.,
<i>N.O. Monimiaceae</i>, called also <i>Light Yellow-wood</i>
and <i>Sassafras</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Saw-fish</hw>, <i>n</i>. a species of Ray, <i>Pristis
zysron</i>, Bleek, the Australasian representative of the
<i>Pristidae</i> family, or <i>Saw-fishes</i>, Rays of a
shark-like form, with long, flat snouts, armed along each
edge with strong teeth.

1851. `Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van
Diemen's Land,' vol. i. p. 223 [J. E. Bicheno, June 8, 1850,
<i>in epist</i>.]:

"Last week an old fisherman brought me a fine specimen of a
Saw-fish, caught in the Derwent. It turned out to be the
<i>Pristis cirrhatus</i>,--a rare and curious species, confined
to the Australian seas, and first described by Dr. Latham in
the year 1793."

<hw>Sawyer</hw>, <i>n</i>. (1) Name applied by bushmen in New
Zealand to the insect <i>Weta</i> (q.v.). (2) A trunk embedded
in the mud so as to move with the current--hence the name: a
snag is fixed. (An American use of the word.) See also
<i>Snag</i>.

1873. J. B. Stephens, `Black Gin,' p. 22:

"By Fitzroy's rugged crags,
Its `sawyers' and its snags,
He roamed."

<hw>Sceloglaux</hw>, <i>n</i>. the scientific name of the genus
containing the New Zealand bird called the <i>Laughing Owl</i>
(see under <i>Jackass</i>). The name was given by Kaup in
1848; the bird had been previously classed as <i>Athene</i> by
Gray in 1844. It is now nearly extinct. Kaup also gave the
name of Spiloglaux to the <i>New Zealand Owl</i> at the same
date. The words are from the Greek <i>glaux</i>, an owl,
<i>spilos</i>, a spot, and <i>skelos</i>, a leg.

<hw>Scent-wood</hw>, a Tasmanian evergreen shrub, <i>Alyxia
buxifolia</i>, R. Br., <i>N.