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hem should treat the assembled company with the largest shout.'" <hw>Shoveller</hw>, <i>n</i>. the English name for the duck <i>Spatula clypeata</i>, Linn., a species also present in Australia. The other Australian species is <i>Spatula rhynchotis</i>, Lath., also called <i>Blue-wing</i>. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. vii. pl. 12: "<i>Spatula Rhynchotis</i>, Australian Shoveller." <hw>Shovel-nose</hw>, <i>n</i>. a New South Wales species of Ray-fish, <i>Rhinobatus bougainvillei</i>, Cuv.; called also the <i>Blind Shark</i>, and <i>Sand Shark</i>. In the Northern Hemisphere, the name is given to three different sharks and a sturgeon. <hw>Shrike</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bird-name, generally used in Australia in composition. See <i>Crow-Shrike</i>, <i>Cuckoo-Shrike</i>, <i>Shrike-Robin</i>, <i>Shrike-Thrush</i>, and <i>Shrike-Tit</i>. <hw>Shrike-Robin</hw>, <i>n</i>. a genus of Australasian Shrikes, <i>Eopsaltria</i> (q.v.). The species are-- Grey-breasted Shrike-Robin-- <i>Eopsaltria gularis</i>, Quoy and Gaim. Large-headed S.-R.-- <i>E. capito</i>, Gould. Little S.-R.-- <i>E. nana</i>, Mull. White-breasted S.-R.-- <i>E. georgiana</i>, Quoy and Gaim. Yellow-breasted S.-R.-- <i>E. australis</i>, Lath. 1895. W. O. Legge, `Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science' (Brisbane), p. 447: "As regards portions of Gould's English nomenclatures, such as his general term `Robin' for the genera <i>Petroica, Paecilodryas</i>, <i>Eopsaltria</i>, it was found that by retaining the term `Robin' for the best known member of the group (<i>Petroica</i>), and applying a qualifying noun to the allied genera, such titles as Tree-robin, Scrub-robin, and Shrike-robin were easily evolved." <hw>Shrike-Thrush</hw>, <i>n</i>. a genus of Australasian Shrikes, <i>Collyriocincla</i> (q.v.). The species are-- Bower's Shrike-Thrush-- <i>Collyriocincla boweri</i>, Ramsay. Brown S.-T.-- <i>C. brunnea</i>, Gould. Buff-bellied S.-T.-- <i>C. rufiventris</i>, Gould. Grey S.-T.-- <i>C. harmonica</i>, Lath.; called also <i>Port Jackson Thrush</i> (q.v.). Little Shrike-Thrush-- <i>Collyriocincla parvula</i>, Gould. Pale-bellied S.-T.-- <i>C. pallidirostris</i>, Sharpe. Rufous-breasted S.-T.-- <i>C. rufigaster</i>, Gould. Whistling S.-T.-- <i>C. rectirostris</i>, Jard. and Selb.; see <i>Duke Willy</i>. 1896. `The Melburnian,' Aug. 28, p. 54: "With gatheri
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