In the alluvial portions of the interior salsolaceous plants - saltbush, bluebush, cottonbush - are invaluable to the pastoralist, and to their presence the pre-eminence of Australia as a wool-producing country is largely due.   anvd [Please select]

), 132, _122_ " (Scrub), 129, _129_ " (Shrike), 152, _152_ Rock-Dove, 17 Rock-Pebbler, 93, _94_ Rock-Pigeon, 15 Roller, 105 " Madagascar, 104 Rook, 188, _185_ Rosella, 93, 100, 101, _94_ Rostratula, 50 Rush-Warbler, 131 Saltbush Canary, 133, _134_ Sanderling, 48 Sand-Grouse, 15 Sandlark, 44 Sand-Martin, 121 Sandpiper, 43, 47, 49, 107, _39_, _43_ Sandwich Is."   anvd [Please select]

In southern California and Arizona the sage-brush gives place to smaller forms like the saltbush, and the desert assumes a sterner aspect.   anvd [Please select]