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WHISKERED FANTAIt. 
a whisker, already mentioned ; the breast and its 
sides are cinereous, nearly of as dark a tint as the 
back ; as this colour descends, however, it becomes 
paler, and blends into the rufous on the belly, vent, 
and under tail-covers ; the bill is deep black, and 
the legs very pale. 
Total length, about 7 inches ; bill, gape, t 7 s ; 
front, t 4 jj ; wings, 3 / 5 ; tail beyond, 2 ; base, 3 ; 
tarsus, T S jj. 
What the fifth and last type of Wiipidura may 
be, we know not ; and we shall therefore at once 
proceed to the genus 
SEISURA, 
whose characters it is not necessary here to detail, fur- 
ther than to show its real affinities. Se'isura , in short, 
resembles an Old World flycatcher of M. Cuvier’s 
division, Muscipeta, except that its bill is unusually 
long, its tail nearly even, and its tarsus rather more 
lengthened ; although the toes are so small, that no 
one would suspect they were ever used to stand 
for more than an instant upon the ground, or upon 
any flat surface. The tail of S. rolitans, the best 
known species, although not so broad or rounded 
as in the preceding types, has yet a sufficient length 
and breadth about it to justify a suspicion that it 
