ishes,' order <i>Lophobranchii</i>. It has been
compared to the ghost of a seahorse (<i>Hippocampus</i>) with
its winding sheet all in ribbons around it; and the tattered
cerements are like in shape and colour to the seaweed it
frequents, so that it hides and feeds in safety. The long ends
of ribs which seem to poke through the skin to excite our
compassion are really `protective resemblances,' and serve to
allure the prey more effectually within reach of these awful
ghouls. Just as the leaf-insect is imitative of a leaf, and
the staff insect of a twig, so here is a fish like a bunch of
seaweed. (Tenison-Woods.)" [Compare <i>Phasmid</i>.]

<hw>Superb-Warbler</hw>, <i>n</i>. any Australian bird of
the genus <i>Malurus</i> (q.v.), especially <i>M. cyaneus</i>,
the <i>Blue Wren</i>.

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 80:

"We also observed the Superb Warbler, <i>Malurus cyaneus</i>,
of Sydney."

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii. pl. 18:

"<i>Malurus Cyaneus</i>, Vieill., Blue Wren; Superb Warbler
of the Colonists."

1896. F. G. Aflalo, `Natural History of Australia,' p. 136:

"The best known are . . . and the <i>Blue Wren</i> or <i>Superb
Warbler</i> (<i>Malurus cyaneus</i>), both of which I have
repeatedly watched in the Sydney Botanic Gardens. . . .
They dart about the pathways like mice, but rarely seem to fly.
There are a dozen other Superb Warblers."

<hw>Supple-jack</hw>, <i>n</i>. The word is English in the
sense of a strong cane, and is the name of various climbing
shrubs from which the canes are cut; especially in America.
In Australia, the name is given to similar creeping plants,
viz.--<i>Ventilago viminalis</i>, Hook.,
<i>N.O. Rhamnaceae</i>; <i>Clematis aristata</i>, R. Br.,
<i>N.O. Ranunculaceae</i>. In New Zealand, to
<i>Ripogonum</i> (spp.).

1818. `History of New South Wales,' p. 47:

"The underwood is in general so thick and so bound together by
that kind of creeping shrub called supple-jack, interwoven in
all directions, as to be absolutely impenetrable."

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 218:

"After a tedious march . . . along a track constantly
obstructed by webs of the kareau, or supple-jack, we came to
the brow of a descent."

1857. C. Hursthouse, `New Zealand, the Britain of the South,'
vol. i. p. 135:

"Supple-jack snares, root-traps, and other parasitical
impediments."

1867. F. Hochstetter, `New Zeal