LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Family MUSCICAPIDZE. 
COLXXXIX. Genus MICRCECA. 
Microeca Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 172, July 1841. Type (by monotypy) : Microeca assimilis 
Gould. 
344. MICRCECA LEUCOPH^EA. BROWN FLYCATCHER. 
Gould, Vol. II., pi. 93 (pt. xxxii.), Sept. 1st, 1848. Gould, Birds New Guinea, Vol. II., 
pi. 10 (pt. xi.), Feb. 1st, 1880. Mathews, Vol. VIII., pt. i., pi. 376, May 5th, 1920. 
Sylvia leucophsea Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. lv. (after May 30th), 1801 : New South Wales (Sydney). 
Myiagra macroptera Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 254, Feb. 17th, 1827: New South 
Wales (Sydney). 
Muscicapa platyrliyncha Quoy et Gahnard, Voy. de l’Astrol. Zool., Vol. I., p. 178 (pref. June 29th), 1830 : New 
South Wales (Sydney). 
Microeca assimilis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 172, July 1841 : Western Australia. 
Microeca fascinans Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 258, 1865, and of most recent authors. 
Not Loxia fascinans Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. xlvi., 1801. 
Microeca pallida De Vis, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, Vol. I., pt. in., p. 159 (after Sept.), 1884 : Norman River, 
Queensland. 
Microeca fascinans victories Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 302, Jan. 31st, 1912 : (Parwan) Victoria. 
Microeca fascinans subpallida Mathews, ib. : Napier Broome Bay, North-west Australia. 
Microeca fascinans howei Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. i„ p. 8, Aug. 2nd, 1913 : Kow Plains, Victoria. 
Microeca fascinans barcoo S. A. White, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Austr., Vol. 41, p. 455, Dec. 24th, 1917 : Cooper's 
Creek, Central Australia. 
Distribution. Australia. Not Tasmania. 
345. MICRCECA BRUNNEICAUDA. BROWN-TAILED FLYCATCHER. 
Mathews, Vol. VIII., pt. i., pi. 376, May 5th, 1920. 
Microeca brunneicauda Campbell, Emu, Vol. II., pt. n., p. 85, Oct. 1st, 1902: (Port Darwin) Northern Territory. 
Microeca brunneicauda tormenti Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 2, p. 58, April 7th, 1916 : Point Torment, 
North-west Australia. 
Distribution. North-west Australia. Northern Territory. 
CCXC. Genus KEMPIA. 
Kempia Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 109, Dec. 24th, 1912. Type (by original designation) : 
Microeca flavig aster Gould. 
346. KEMPIA FLAVIGASTER. LEMON-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. 
Gould, Vol. II., pi. 94 (pt. xxi.), Dec. 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. VIII., pt. i., pi. 376, May 5th, 
1920. 
Microeca flavigaster Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1842, p. 132, Feb. 1843 : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Microeca flaviventris Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Av. Genova, Vol. XII., p. 324, 1878 : Nom. emend, only. 
Microeca flavigaster terroeregince Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 303, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Cairns, North 
Queensland. 
Microeca flavigaster melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 39, April 2nd, 1912 : Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Microeca flavigaster loetissima Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Om. Club, Vol. XXXVII., p. 4, Oct. 4th, 1916 : Cardwell, 
Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland, Northern Territory. 
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