59. sistJR.v. 1 407 



grey ; throat lighter ashy grey, whiter on the chin ; remainder of 

 under surface bright yellow, the thighs dusky brown ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries light yellow ; quills dusky brown below, 

 whitish along the edge of the inner web ; " bill horny, yellowish at 

 base beneath; legs yellowish" (Jerdon). Total length 3-5 inches, 

 culmen O'o, wing 1-9, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-8. 

 Hah. Eastern Himalayas. 



a. Ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



h-f). Ad. sk. Nepal.* B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



59. SISURA. Typ^ 



Seisiira, Vuj. ^- Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 249 (1826). . . .S. inquieta. 



Bill of Sisura i7iqitiefa. 

 Range. Confined to Australia. 



1. Sisura inquieta. 



Restle,s8 Thrush, Lath. Gen. Si/n. Suppl. ii. p. 181, no. 11. 



Doubtful Thrush, Lath. t. c. p."l82, no. 13. 



Volatile Thrush, Lath. t. c. p. 183, no. 19. 



Flycatchiufr Thrush, Lath. t. c. p. 185, no. 25. 



Tardus inquietus. Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. ii. p. xl. 



Turdus dubius. Lath. t. c. p. xl. 



Tui-dus volit;ms, Lath. t. c. p. xli. 



Turdus muscicola, Lath. t. c. p. xHii. 



Seisura inquieta, Viq. Sf Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 250 ; Gray, 



Gen. B. i. p. 260 ; Gould, B. Amtr. folio, ii. pi. 87 ; Blyfh, Cat. 



B. Mns. A. S. B. p. 205 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 324 ; Reichenb. Vog. 



Neiiholl. pp. 225, 286; Cah. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 56; Gould, 



Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 246; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, ^. 169; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 327, no. 4910 ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 



ii. p. 182. 

 Seisura volitans, Sicains. Nat. Libr., Flycatchers, p. 138, pi. 12 ; 



Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 261. 



Adult. General colour above dark slate-colour, with a greenish- 

 grey gloss ; upper taU-covcrts and tail blackish, with a steel-greenish 

 edging to the feathers ; wing-coverts like the back, margined with 

 steel-blue ; quills dark brown, the inner secondaries blacker ; head, 



* All the specimens of this bird are presented by Mr. Hodgson as from Nepal, 

 though Dr. Jerdon believes the species to be only found in Sikhim. 



