ng shadows the spotted thrush of England gives
forth from the top-most pine branch his full and varied notes;
notes which no Australian bird can challenge, not even the
shrike-thrush on the hill side, piping hard to rival his song
every bright spring morning."

<hw>Shrike-Tit</hw>, <i>n</i>. a genus of Australian Shrikes,
<i>Falcunculus</i> (q.v.). The species are--<i>Falcunculus
frontatus</i>, Lath.; White-bellied S.-T.,
<i>F. leucogaster</i>, Gould.

1890. `Victorian Statutes--Game Act' (Third Schedule):

"Shrike-tit. [Close season.] From the 1st day of August
to the 10th day of December next following in each year."

<hw>Shrimp</hw>, <i>n</i>. The only true shrimp
(<i>Crangon</i>) which Australian waters are known to possess
is found in the Gulf of St. Vincent, South Australia.
(Tenison-Woods.) In Tasmania, the Prawn (<i>Penoeus spp</i>.)
is called a <i>Shrimp</i>.

1883. `Royal Commission, Report on Fisheries of Tasmania,'
p. 9:

"The prawn (<i>Penoeus</i> sp.), locally known among fishermen
as the shrimp, abounds all around our coasts."

<hw>Sida-weed</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. Queensland Hemp.
See <i>Hemp</i>.

<hw>Signed Servant</hw>, <i>n</i>. obsolete contraction for
<i>Assigned Servant</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Silky-Oak</hw>, <i>n</i>. a tree, often tall, <i>Grevillea
robusta</i>, Cunn., <i>N.O. Proteaceae</i>, producing a useful
timber in demand for various purposes. See <i>Grevillea</i>,
<i>Maple</i>, and <i>Oak</i>.

<hw>Silver</hw>, or <hw>Silver-fish</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian
name for <i>Caranx georgianus</i>, Cuv. and Val., family
<i>Carangidae</i>, the <i>White</i> or <i>Silver Trevally</i>.
See <i>Trevally</i>.

1875. `Spectator' (Melbourne), June 19, 1881:

"Common fish such as . . . garfish, strangers, silvers,
and others."

1880. Mrs. Meredith, `Tasmanian Friends and Foes,' p. 252
[Footnote]:

"To convey anything like a correct idea of this extremely
beautiful fish, it should be `laid in' with a ground of
burnished silver, and the delicate tints added. The skin is
scaleless, and like satin, embossed all over in little raised
freckles, and with symmetrical dark lines, resembling the
veining of a leaf. In quality they are a good deal like
mullet."

<hw>Silver-Belly</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given (1) in New South
Wales, to the fish <i>Silver-Bream</i> (q.v.); (2) in Tasmania,
to various species of <i>Atherinidae</i>.

<hw>Silver-Bream</hw>, or <hw>White-Bream</hw>, <i>n</i>.
a New