J. P. Townsend, `Rambles in New South Wales,' p. 216:

"A scrubby country is a stockman's abhorrence, as there he
cannot ride, at least at any pace."

1868. J. A. B., `Meta,' c. i. p. 9:

"'Twere madness to attempt to chase,
In such a wild and scrubby place,
Australia's savage steer."

<hw>Scrubdom</hw>, <i>n</i>. the land of scrub.

1889. C. A. Sherard, `Daughter of South,' p. 29:

"My forefathers reigned in this scrubdom of old."

<hw>Scythrops</hw>, <i>n</i>. scientific name for a genus
of birds belonging to the <i>Cuculidae</i>, or Cuckoos (from
Grk. <i>skuthrowpos</i> = angry-looking). The only species
known is peculiar to Australia, where it is called the
<i>Channel-Bill</i>, a name given by Latham (`General History
of Birds,' vol. ii.). White (1790) calls it the <i>Anomalous
Hornbill</i> (`Journal 1790,' pl. at p. 142).

<hw>Sea-Berry</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Red-berry</i>.

<hw>Sea-Dragon</hw>, <i>n</i>. any Australian fish of any one
of the three species of the genus <i>Phyllopteryx</i>, family
<i>Syngnathidae</i>. The name of the genus comes from the
Greek <i>phullon</i> = a leaf, and <i>pterux</i> = a wing.
This genus is said by Guenther to be exclusively
Australian. "Protective resemblance attains its highest degree
of development," he says, in this genus. "Not only their
colour closely assimilates that of the particular kind of
sea-weed which they frequent, but the appendages of their
spines seem to be merely part of the fucus to which they are
attached. They attain a length of twelve inches." (`Study of
Fishes,' p. 683.) The name, in England, is given to other and
different fishes. The species <i>P. foliatus</i> is called the
<i>Superb Dragon</i> (q.v.), from the beauty of its colours.

<hw>Sea-Perch</hw>, <i>n</i>. a name applied to different
fishes--in Sydney, to the <i>Morwong</i> (q.v.) and
<i>Bull's</i>-eye (q.v.); in New Zealand, to <i>Sebastes
percoides</i>, called <i>Pohuiakawa</i> (q.v.); in Melbourne,
to <i>Red-Gurnard</i> (q.v.). See <i>Red Gurnet-Perch</i>.

<hw>Sea-Pig</hw>, <i>n</i>. a small whale, the <i>Dugong</i>.
See under <i>Dugong-oil</i>.

1853. S. Sidney, `Three Colonies of Australia,' p. 267:

"The aborigines eagerly pursue the dugong, a species of small
whale, generally known to the colonists as the sea-pig."

<hw>Sea-Pike</hw>, <i>n</i>. a fish of New South Wales,
<i>Lanioperca mordax</i>, Gunth., of the family
<i>Sphyraenidae</i>. The name belo