THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
South Australia ; M. f. assimilis Gould, West Australia ; M. /. pallida De Vis, 
North Queensland, Northern Territory, and M. f. subpallida Mathews “ Differs 
from M. f. pallida in its smaller size and paler coloration above and below. 
Wing : av. 79 mm. ; M. /. pallida ; av. 83.5 mm.” North-west Australia. 
Later the Mallee form from Victoria was found to be much more different 
from the Eastern form and was recorded by Chandler as M. assimilis , the 
Western race. I named it Microeca fascinans Jiowei. “ Differs from M. f. 
fascinans in having the outer tail-feathers white only on the outer web 
except at the base, and the inner web with a large spot of white on the point ; 
the next feather with a large white spot on the point. In M. /. fascinans 
those two feathers are white. Type : Kow Plains, Victoria.” 
Capt. White has since described the Central bird from Cooper’s Creek as 
M. /. bar coo, on account of its “ exceptionally light coloration.” 
I would now recognise the seven named forms. 
This bird perches on the fences and looks very like the English Spotted 
Flycatcher. 
