In Sydney, The Block is that portion of the city bounded by King, George, Hunter,and Pitt Streets. It is a thievish bird, greedy after everything that glistens;it frequently carries off spoons, forks, and the like, but italso breaks into hen-coops, and picks and sucks the eggs. hirsutus) is present on the shores ofnearly all Australasia, and has varioussynonyms--S. `Penny Cyclopaedia,' vol.