<i>Alyxia buxifolia</i>, R. Br.; called <i>Native
Sandalwood</i> in Tasmania.
<hw>Sandfly-bush</hw>, <i>n</i>. Australian name
for the indigenous tree <i>Zieria smithii</i>, Andr.,
<i>N.O. Rutaceae</i>. Called also <i>Turmeric</i>,
and in Tasmania, <i>Stinkwood</i>.
<hw>Sand-Lark</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Australia to the
Red-capped Dottrel, <i>Charadrius ruficapilla</i>, Temm.
1867. W. Richardson, `Tasmanian Poems,' pref. p. xi:
"The nimble sand-lark learns his pretty note."
<hw>Sandpiper</hw>, <i>n</i>. About twenty species of this
familiar sea-bird exist. It belongs especially to the Northern
Hemisphere, but it performs such extensive migrations that in
the northern winter it is dispersed all over the world.
(`Century.') The species observed in Australia are--
Bartram's Sandpiper--
<i>Tringa bartrami</i>.
Common S.--
<i>Actitis hypoleucos</i>, Linn.
Great S.--
<i>Tringa crassirostris</i>, Temm. and Schleg.
Grey-rumped S.--
<i>T. brevisses</i>.
<hw>Sandplover</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bird of New Zealand.
According to Professor Parker, only two genera of this common
bird are to be found in New Zealand. There is no bird bearing
the name in Australia. See <i>Plover</i> and <i>Wry-billed
Plover</i>.
1889. Prof. Parker, `Catalogue of New Zealand Exhibition,'
p. 116:
"But two genera of the group [Wading Birds] are found only in
New Zealand, the Sandplover and the curious Wry-billed Plover."
<hw>Sand-stay</hw>, <i>n</i>. a characteristic name for the
<i>Coast Tea-Tree</i>, <i>Leptospermum laevigatum</i>,
F. v. M., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>. See <i>Tea-Tree</i>.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 642:
"Sandstay. Coast Tea-Tree. This shrub is the most effectual
of all for arresting the progress of driftsand in a warm
climate. It is most easily raised by simply scattering in
autumn the seeds on the sand, and covering them loosely with
boughs, or, better still, by spreading lopped-off branches of
the shrub itself, bearing ripe seed, on the sand. (Mueller.)"
<hw>Sandy</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian fish, <i>Uphritis
urvillii</i>, Cuv. and Val, family <i>Trachinidae</i>; also
called the <i>Fresh-water Flathead</i>. See <i>Flathead</i>.
<hw>Sandy-blight</hw>, <i>n</i>. a kind of ophthalmia common in
Australia, in which the eye feels as if full of sand. Called
also shortly, <i>Blight</i>.
Shakspeare has <i>sand-blind</i> (<i>M. of V</i>. II. ii. 31);
Launcelot says--
"0 heavens, this is my true-begotten father! who, being
more than sand-blind, high-gravel blind, knows me not."