Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

1875. Gould and Sharpe, `Birds of New Guinea,' vol. iii. pl. 28:

"<i>Sittella albata</i>, Pied Sittella."

1890 `Victorian Statutes-Game Act' (Third Schedule):

"Sittellas. [Close season.] From the first day of August to the 10th day of December next following in each year."

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

"Four species of <i>Sitilla</i> [sic] which, except that they do not lay their eggs in hollow trees, bear some resemblance to our nuthatch."

<hw>Skate</hw>, <i>n</i>. The New Zealand fish called a <i>Skate</i> is <i>Raja nasuta</i>, a different species of the same genus as the European Skate.

<hw>Skipjack</hw>, or <hw>Skipjack-Pike</hw>, <i>n</i>. This fish, <i>Temnodon saltator</i>, Cuv. and Val., is the same as the British and American fish of that name. It is called <i>Tailor</i> (q.v.) in Sydney. The name <i>Skipjack</i> used also to be given by the whalers to the Australian fish <i>Trevally</i> (q.v.).

1872. Hutton and Hector, `Fishes of New Zealand,' p. 111:

"It is quoted by Richardson that this fish [trevally], which he says is the Skipjack of the sealers, used to be a staple article of food with the natives."