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Sp. 140. SAULOPROCTA PICATA, Gould. 



Pied Pantail. 

 Sauloprocta picata, Cab. Mus. Hein. Theil i. p. 57 (note). 



Rhipidura picata, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. i. Introd. 

 p. xxxix. 



This northern species is a minute representative of the S. 

 motacilloides of the south. It is a native of Port Essington 

 and the surrounding country, and I have specimens brought 

 by Mr. Wallace from the Aru Islands which, if not identical, 

 are so similar that I have failed to detect any difference. 



The colouring of the 8. picata being the same as that of S. 

 motacilloides, a description of it is unnecessary j the following 

 are its admeasurements : — 



Total length 6f; wing 3 J; tail 3 J ; tarsi J. 



Genus SEISURA, Vig. and Horsf. 



The present genus and RJiipidura are mere modifications 

 of each other ; a difference of structure, however, exists of 

 sufficient importance to justify their separation, and, as is 

 always the case, a corresponding difference is found in the 

 habits and actions of the species. 



Sp.l41. SEISURA INQUIETA. 



Restless Plycatcher. 

 Turdus inquietus, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. xl. 



■ volitans, Lath., ib., p. xli. 



muscicola, Lath., ib., p. xli. 



dubius, Lath., ib., p. xl. 



Restless Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 181. 

 Volatile Thrush, Lath., ib., p. 183. 



Seisura volitans, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 250. 



It 

 Jit-tee-gnut, Aborigines of Western Australia. 



Tlie Grinder of the Colonists of Swan River and New South Wales. 



Seisura inquieta, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. ii. pi. 87. 

 This species ranges over the whole of the southern portions 



