<hw>Spinach, Australian</hw>, <i>n</i>. name applied to species of <i>Chenopodium</i>, <i>N.O. Salsolaceae</i>; called also <i>Fat-hen</i>. The name is also applied to various wild pot herbs.
<hw>Spinach, New Zealand</hw>, <i>n</i>. <i>Tetragonia expansa</i>, Murr., <i>N.O. Ficoideae</i>; called also <i>Iceplant</i>, in Tasmania. It is a trailing <i>Fig-marigold</i>, and was discovered in New Zealand by Captain Cook, though it is also found in Japan and South America. Its top leaves are eaten as spinach, and Cook introduced it to England, where it is also known as <i>Summer Spinach</i>.
<hw>Spine-bill</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian "Honey-eater," but not now so classed. There are two species—
The Slender Spine-bill— <i>Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris</i>, Gould; inhabiting Australia and Tasmania, and called <i>Cobbler's Awl</i> in the latter colony.
White-eyebrowed S.—
<i>A. superciliosus</i>, Gould; of Western Australia.
Though related to the genus <i>Myzomela</i>, the pattern of their colouration differs widely.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. pl. 61:
"<i>Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris</i>. Slender-billed Spine-bill. <i>Cobbler's</i> Awl, Colonists of Van Diemen's Land."
Ibid. pl. 62:
"<i>Acanthorhynchus superciliosus</i>, Gould. White-eyebrowed Spine-bill."