Order PASSERIFORMES. 
No. 477. 
Family MUSCICAPIDM. 
SETOSURA SETOSA. 
NORTHERN FANTAIL . 
(Plate 403.) 
[Muscipeta setosa Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. de “l’Astrol.,” Vol. I., p. 181, pi. 4, f. 4, (preL 
June 29th) 1830 : New Ireland.] 
Rhipidura isura Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 174, July 1841 : Port Essington, 
Northern Territory. 
Rhipidura isura Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 174, 1841 ; id., Birds Austr., pt. 
xxix. (Vol. II., pi. 85), Dec. 1st, 1847 ; id., Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 242, 
1865 ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat. No. 1, Vol. I., p. 131, 1903 ; Mathews, Handl. 
Birds Austral., p. 66, 1908; Hill, Emu, Vol. X., p. 275, 1911 (N.W.A.) ; id., ib., 
Vol. XII., p. 257, 1913 (N.T.) ; Macgillivray, ib., Vol. XIII., p. 168, 1914 (N.Q.) ; 
McLennan, ib., Vol. XVI., p. 222, 1917 (N.T.) ; Campbell and Barnard, ib., VoL 
P- 23, 1917 (N.Q.) ; Macgillivray, ib., p. 198, 1918 (N.Q.) ; Campbell, ib., 
Vol. XVIII., p. 183, 1919. 
Rhipidura superciliosa Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1874, p. 604, April 1st, 1875 : 
Rockingham Bay, Queensland. 
Rhipidura setosa Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 182, 1878 ; Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. IV., p. 329, 1879; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 6, 
1888 ; Hah, Key Birds Austr., p. 17, 1899; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. 
Birds, Vol. I., p. 114, 1901. 
Rhipidura setosa isura Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. V., p. 525, 1898; id., ib., Vol. XII., p. 
222, 1905 ; Mathews, ib., Vol. XVIII., p. 320, 1912. 
Rhipidura setosa superciliosa Mathews, ib. 
Rhipidura setosa mdvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 41, April 2nd, 
1912 : Melville Island, Northern Territory. 
Rhipidura setosa tormenti Mathews, ib., pt. 4, p. 90, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Point Torment, 
North-west Australia. 
Setosura setosa isura Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 186, 1913. 
Setosura setosa tormenti Mathews, ib. 
Setosura setosa superciliosa Mathews, ib. 
Setosura setosa macgillivrayi Mathews, Bull. Brit. Om. Club, Vol. XXXVI., p. 90, July 
7th, 1916 : Leichhardt River, Queensland. 
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