stinging-tree, . . . the most terrible of all vegetable
growths. This horrible guardian of the Queensland jungle
stands from five to fifteen feet in height, and has a general
appearance somewhat similar to that of a small mulberry-tree.
Their peculiarly soft and inviting aspect is caused by an
almost invisible coating of microscopic cillia, and it is to
these that the dangerous characteristics of the plant are due.
The unhappy wanderer in these wilds, who allows any part of his
body to come in contact with those beautiful, inviting tongues
of green, soon finds them veritable tongues of fire, and it
will be weeks, perhaps months, ere the scorching agony
occasioned by their sting is entirely eradicated."

<hw>Sting-moth</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian moth,
<i>Doratifera vulnerans</i>. The larva has at each end
of the body four tubercles bearing stinging hairs. (`Standard.')

<hw>Stinkwood</hw>, <i>n</i>. The name is given to various
woods in different parts of the world, from their unpleasant
smell. In Tasmania, it is applied to the timber of <i>Zieria
smithii</i>, Andr., <i>N.O. Rutaceae</i>.

1832. J. Bischoff, `Van Diemen's Land,' p. 175:

"The timber in this district I found to be principally myrtle,
sassafras, and stinkwood."

<hw>Stint</hw>, <i>n</i>. English bird-name. The Australian
species are--

Curlew Stint--
<i>Tringa subarquata</i>, Gmel.

Little S.--
<i>T. ruficollis</i>.

Sharp-tailed S.--
<i>T. acuminata</i>, Horsf.

<hw>Stitch-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bird of New Zealand.
See quotation.

1885. Hugh Martin, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,'
vol. xviii. art. xxii. p. 112:

"<i>Pogonornis cincta</i> (Hihi, Matahiore, stitch-bird),
North Island."

[From a list of New Zealand birds that ought to be protected.]

1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 101:

"<i>Pogonornis cincta</i>, Gray. [A full description.]"

1889. Prof. Parker, `Catalogue of New Zealand Exhibition,'
p. 119:

"Stitch-bird (<i>Pogonornis cincta</i>), formerly abundant in
the North Island, but now extinct on the main-land, and found
only in some of the outlying islets. The rarest and one of the
most beautiful of native Passerines."

<hw>Stock</hw>, <i>n</i>. The word has many meanings. In the
one from which the Australian compounds are made, it denotes
horses, cattle, or sheep, the farmer's stock in trade. Of
course, this use is not peculiar to Australia, but it is
unusually comm