ecies of
Eucalyptus called the `Mallee' by the Natives. . . . Still
more dreaded by the explorer is the `Mulga' scrub, consisting
chiefly of dwarf acacias."

1894. E. Favenc, `Tales of the Austral Tropics,' p. 3:

"Even more desolate than the usual dreary-looking scrub
of the interior of Australia."

[p. 6]: "The sea of scrub."

1896. A. B. Paterson, `Manfrom Snowy River,' p. 25:

"Born and bred on the mountain-side,
He could race through scrub like a kangaroo."

<hw>Scrub</hw>, <i>adj</i>. and in composition.
The word scrub occurs constantly in composition.
See the following words.

1885. R. M. Praed, `Australian Life,' p. 113:

"We gathered the wild raspberries, and mingling them with
gee-bongs, and scrub-berries, set forth a dessert."

<hw>Scrub-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to two Australian
birds, of the genus <i>Atrichia</i>. (Grk. <i>'atrichos</i>
= without hair.) They are the Noisy Scrub-bird, <i>Atrichia
clamosa</i>, Gould, and the Rufous S.-b., <i>A. rufescens</i>,
Ramsay.

1869. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' `Supplement,' pl. 26:

"The Scrub-bird creeps mouse-like over the bark, or sits on a
dripping stem and mocks all surrounding notes."

<hw>Scrub-cattle</hw>, <i>n</i>. escaped cattle that run wild in the
<i>scrub</i>, used as a collective plural of <i>Scrubber</i>
(q.v.).

1860. A. L. Gordon, `The Sick Stockrider' [in `Bush-Ballads,'
1876], p. 8:

"'Twas merry 'mid the blackwoods, when we spied the station
roofs,
To wheel the wild scrub-cattle at the yard,
With a running fire of stock-whips and a fiery run of hoofs,
Oh! the hardest day was never then too hard."

<hw>Scrub-Crab</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Queensland fruit. The large
dark purple fruit, two inches in diameter, of <i>Sideroxylon
australe</i>, Benth. and Hook., <i>N.O. Saponaceae</i>;
a tall tree.

<hw>Scrub-dangler</hw>, <i>n</i>. a wild bullock.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvi. p. 193:

"He is one of those infernal scrub-danglers from the Lachlan,
come across to get a feed."

<hw>Scrub-fowl</hw>, <i>n</i>. name applied to birds of the
genus <i>Megapodius</i>. See <i>Megapode</i>.

<hw>Scrub-Gum</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Gum</i>.

<hw>Scrub-hen</hw>, i.q. <i>Scrub fowl</i>.

<hw>Scrub-Ironwood</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Ironwood</i>.

<hw>Scrub-Myrtle</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Myrtle</i>.

<hw>Scrub-Oak</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Oak</i>.

<hw>Scrub-Pine</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Pi