THE BIRDS OF COOLABAH AND BREWARPaXA— NORTH. 18;"3 



close attendants on civilization, frequenting gardens and 

 orchards, and often nesting in fj-uit ti-ees. They are of a tame 

 and fearless disposition and their notes, which resemble the 

 sound of the words "Sweet pretty creature," may frequent!}' 

 be heard at night, especially when it is moonlight. 



MlCR(ECA FASCINANS. 



Brown Flycatcher. 



Loxia fascinans, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xlvi. (1801). 



Micrcecd macroptera, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., ii., pi. 93 (1848). 



Microeca fascinans, Gould, Handbk. Bds. Austr. ; i., p. 258 

 (1865) ; Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 123 (1879) ; 

 North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., 2nd. ed., i., pt. iii., p. 

 149 (1903). 



Only one example oi the well-known Brown Flycatcher or 

 " Jacky Winter" was noted, my attention being directed to it 

 by Mr. L. Bucknell, Stock Inspector, on the way from Bre- 

 wai-rina to Tarrion Creek. Tliis is generally the fiist species 

 to usher in, with cheerful notes, the dawm of day in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Sydney. 



Petrceca goodenovii. 



Red-capped Robin. 



Muscicapa qoodenorii, Vig. and Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc, xv., 

 p. 245 "(1826). 



Petroica goudenovii, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., iii., pi. 5 (1848) ; 

 id., Handbk Bds. Austr., i., p. 280 (1865). 



Petroeca goodenovii, Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 171 

 (1879) ; North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., 2nd. ed., i., 

 pt. iii., p. 168 (1903). 



The Red-capped Robin was common at Coolabah and was 

 the first species obtained by me ; several adults of both sexes 

 and one immature male being procured in a Wilga scrub at 

 the back of the hotel. I first mistook the notes of the latter 

 for those of a species of Maturus, and followed it for some time 

 before managing to secure it. This species was seldom seen 

 at Brewarrina, and never neai' the town. 



