a bird-name, Seisurainquieta, Lath. Called also Dishwasher and Restless Fly-catcher. See Fly-catcher.
1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,' vol.ii.p. 159:
«Neither must you be astonished on hearing the razor-grinderply his vocation in the very depths of our solitudes; for herehe is a flying instead of a walking animal.»
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. ii. pl. 87:
« Seisura Inquieta, Restless Flycatcher; the Grinderof the Colonists of Swan River and New South Wales.»
1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 332:
«The razor-grinder, fitly so called from making a grindingnoise as it wavers in one position a foot or two from theground.»