"The <i>Saddle-back</i> (Creadion carunculatus) of the North is represented in the South by C. cinereus, a closely allied species."
1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' p. 64:
"It is the sharp, quick call of the saddle-back."
1886. A. Reischek, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,' vol. xix. art. xxiii. p. 102:
"The bird derives its popular name from a peculiarity in the distribution of its two strongly contrasting colours, uniform black, back and shoulders ferruginous, the shoulders of the wings forming a saddle. In structure it resembles the starling (<i>Sturnidae</i>); it has also the wedge bill."
1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 18:
"<i>Creadion Carunculatus</i>. This bird derives its popular name from a peculiarity in the distribution of its too strongly contrasted colours, black and ferruginous, the latter of which covers the back, forms a sharply-defined margin across the shoulders, and sweeps over the wings in a manner suggestive of saddle-flaps."
<hw>Sagg</hw>, <i>n</i>. the name given in Tasmania to the plant <i>Xerotes longifolia</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Junceae</i>, and also to the White Iris, <i>Diplarhena morcaea</i>.
<hw>Saliferous</hw>, <i>adj</i>. salt-bearing. See <i>Salt-bush</i>. The word is used in geology in ordinary English, but the botanical application is Australian.
1890. E. W. Hornung, `A Bride from the Bush,' p. 277: