SEISUBA. 89 



Hah. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay, District, 

 Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South WaleS, 

 Interior, Victoria and South Australia, West and South- West 

 Australia, South Coast New Guinea. {Ea/msay.) 



Genus SEISURA, Vigors and Horsfield. 



J^ SEISURA INQUIETA, Lailiam. 



Restless Flycatcher. 

 Gould, HamMk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 141, p. 246. 



" The nest of this Flycatcher, like those of most of the family 

 is round and cup-shaped, two and a-half to three inches across by 

 one and a-quarter deep, and placed upon a horizontal bough over 

 a fork, or by the side of an upright twig ; it is chiefly composed of 

 bark and grass neatly interwoven ; the lining is of grass, hair, or 

 roots, and the edges often ornamented with lichen fastened on 

 by cobweb. It is usually placed at a considerable distance from 

 the ground, and often near the end of a dead bough. The eggs 

 are two or three in number, from nine to ten and a-half lines in 

 length by seven and a-half in breadth, rather rounded in form, 

 having the ground colour of a dull white, stained with spots and 

 blotches of dull chestnut-brown and greyish-lilac, the latter 

 appearing as is beneath the surface. In most of the specimens 

 the spots form only a distinct zone nearer the larger end, but in 

 some are sprinkled over the whole surface.' The birds are for the 

 most part found breeding in October, November, and December, 

 but sometimes earlier or later. They have two broods in the year." 

 (Ramsay, Proo. Pkil. Soc, Sydney, 1865, p. 325, pi. i., fig. 6.) 



A set of the eggs of this species now before me measure as 

 follows :— length (A) 0-75 x 0-6 inch ; (B) 0-77 x 0-6 inch; (G) 

 0-76 X 0-52 inch. 



Sab. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 

 Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 



