<i>P. Leucogaster</i>, Gould, White-breasted C. . . 69
<i>P. Stictocephalus</i>, Bp., Little Black C. . . 67
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 185:
"Shags started from dead trees lying half immersed."
<hw>Shagroon</hw>, <i>n</i>. When the province of Canterbury, in New Zealand, was first settled, the men who came from England were called <i>Pilgrims</i>, all others <i>Shagroons</i>, probably a modification of the Irish word <i>Shaughraun</i>.
1877. W. Pratt, `Colonial Experiences of Incidents of Thirty-four Years in New Zealand,' p. 234:
"In the `Dream of a Shagroon,' which bore the date Ko Matinau, April 1851, and which first appeared in the `Wellington Spectator' of May 7, the term `Pilgrim' was first applied to the settlers; it was also predicted in it that the `Pilgrims' would be `smashed' and the Shagroons left in undisputed possession of the country for their flocks and herds."
<hw>Shake</hw>, <i>v. tr</i>. to steal. Very common Australian slang, especially amongst school-boys and bushmen. It was originally Thieves' English.
1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. ii. p. 9:
"The tent of a surgeon was `shook,' as they style it—that is, robbed, during his absence in the daytime."