South Wales fish, <i>Gerres ovatus</i>, Gunth.,
family <i>Percidae</i>; also called <i>Silver-Belly</i> (q.v.).
For another use, see <i>Trevally</i>.

1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,'
p. 43:

"Mr. Hill, in the series of essays already referred to, speaks
of a silver-bream or white-bream. It is probable he refers to
<i>Gerres ovatus</i>, a common fish of very compressed form,
and very protractile mouth. They probably never enter
fresh-water. . . . It is necessary to cook the silver-belly,
as it is often called, perfectly fresh."

<hw>Silver-Eye</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bird-name. Same as
<i>Wax-eye</i>, <i>White-eye</i>, or <i>Blight-bird</i> (q.v.).

1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 77:

"<i>Zosterops caerulescens</i>, Lath. I have myself arrived at
the conclusion that the Silver-eye, although identical with the
Australian bird, is in reality an indigenous species."

1888. James Thomas, `To a Silver Eye:' `Australian Poets
1788-1888' (edition Sladen), p. 550:

"Thou merry little silver-eye,
In yonder trailing vine,
I, passing by this morning, spied
That ivy-built nest of thine."

<hw>Silver Jew-fish</hw>, <i>n</i>. a New South Wales name for
the young of the fish called <i>Teraglin</i>, or of the true
<i>Jew-fish</i> (q.v.); it is uncertain which.

<hw>Silver-leaf Boree</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Boree</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Silver-Perch</hw>, <i>n</i>. a fresh-water fish,
i.q. <i>Bidyan Ruffe</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Silver-tail</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bush term for a "swell":
a man who goes to the manager's house, not to the men's hut.
See <i>Hut</i>.

1890. A. J. Vogan, `The Black Police,' p. 116:

"A select circle of long-limbed members of those upper circles
who belong to the genus termed in Australian parlance
`silver-tailed,' in distinction to the `copper-tailed'
democratic classes."

<hw>Silver-Trevally</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Trevally</i>.

<hw>Sittella</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian genus of small
creeping-birds, called also <i>Tree-Runners</i> (q.v.).
<i>Sittella</i> is the Latin diminutive of <i>sitta</i>,
which is from the Greek <i>sittae</i>, a woodpecker,
whose habits the <i>Tree-runners</i> or <i>Sittellae</i> have.
Gould's enumeration of the species is given in quotation.

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv.:

"<i>Sittella chrysoptera</i>, Orange-winged Sittella;
<i>S. leucocephala</i>, Gould, White-headed S.;
<i>S. leucoptera</i