THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Birds Austral., p. 61, 1908; ? Hill, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 256, 1913 (Borroloola) ; 
? Chandler, ib., Vol. XIII,, p. 37, 1913 (Kow Plains, Vic.) ; Hall, Key Birds 
Austr., p. 13. 
Myiagra fascinans Gray, Genera Birds, Vol. I., p. 261, 1846. 
Myiagra assimilis Gray, ib. 
Microeca leucophcea Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc., p. 176, 1852. 
Muscicapa fascicans Gray, Hand! Gen. Sp. Birds, Vol. I., p. 323, 1869. 
Muscicapa assimilis Gray, ib., p. 324. 
Micrceca pallida De Vis, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, Vol. I., pt. m., p. 159 (after Sept.), 
1884 : Norman River, Queensland ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, 
Vol. I., p. 108, Vol. II., p. 1075, 1901 ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat. No. 1, Vol. I., p. 
152, 1903 ; Mathews, Hand! Birds Austral., p. 61, 1908 ; Barnard, Emu, Vol. XI., 
p. 25, 1911 (Cape York) ; Macgillivray, ib., Vol. XIII., p. 165, 1914 (Q.) ; Barnard, 
ib., Vol. XIV., p. 44, 1914 (N.T.) ; H. L. White, ib., Vol. XVI., p. 221, 1917 (N.T.). 
Microeca fascinans assimilis Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. XII., p. 219, 1905 (N.W.A.) ; 
Mathews, ib., Vol. XVIII., p. 302, 1912 (S.W.A. ); id., List Birds Austr., p. 166, 
1913. 
Microeca fascinans fascinans Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 302, 1912 ; id., List 
Birds Austr., p. 165, 1913 ; Belcher, Birds Geelong, p. 221, 1914. 
Microeca fascinans victorias, Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 302, Jan. 31st, 1912 : 
(Parwan) Victoria. 
Microeca fascinans pallida Mathews, ib. ; id. , List Birds Austr., p. 165, 1913. 
Microeca fascinans subpallida Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 302, Jan. 31st, 1912 : 
Napier Broome Bay, North-west Australia ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 166, 1913. 
Microeca fascinans howei Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 1, p. 8, 1913 : Kow 
Plains, Victoria ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 166, 1913 
Microeca fascinans barcoo White, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Austr., Vol. 41, p. 455, Dec. 
24th, 1917 : Cooper’s Creek, Central Australia. 
Distribution. Australia. Not Tasmania. 
Adult male. Head, back, upper tail-coverts, scapulars, and upper wing-coverts, pale 
earth-brown with whitish bases to some of the feathers on the lower back ; bastard- 
wing, primary-coverts and flight-quills dark brown with paler edges on the outer 
and inner webs of the last ; middle tail-feathers dark brown, the two outer feathers 
on each side for the most part white, the next pair tipped with white, which 
extends down towards the base on the outer web ; sides of the face, lores, 
and a slightly indicated superciliary streak rather paler than the back ; throat, 
abdomen, and under tail-coverts dull white ; breast, axillaries, and under wing- 
coverts isabelline-buff ; under-surface of quills greyish-brown, paler on the inner 
edges ; lower aspect of tail dark brown on the central portion, white laterally. Iris 
brown ; feet and tarsus brown ; bill black ; base of lower mandible brown. Total 
length 130 mm. ; culmen 9, wing 80, tail 48, tarsus 15. Figured. Collected on 
Parry’s Creek, North-west Australia, on the 1st of September, 1908. 
Adult female. Similar to the above. 
Immature. General colour of the upper-surface earth-brown with white pear-shaped 
spots to the feathers on the head, back, and upper wing-coverts, darker on the 
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