THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Stigmatops subocularis Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I. 9 p* 501, 1865 , Ramsay, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1875, p. 594, 1876; id., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 189, 
1878 (N.Q.); id., ib., 2nd Ser., Vol. L, 1886, p. 1,092, 1887 (N.W.A.); id., Tab. 
List Austr. Birds, p. 12, 1888; Whitlock, Emu, Vol. IX., p. 211, 1910 (W.A.). 
Stigmatops indistincta indistincta Mathews, Nov Zool., "Vol. XVIII., p. 402, 1912, id., 
List Birds Austr., p. 270, 1913. 
Stigmatops indistincta ocularis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 402 , id.. List Birds 
Austr., p. 271, 1913. 
Stigmatops indistincta rujescens Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 402, Jan. 31st, 1912 . 
Crawford Springs, Northern Territory ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 271, 1913. 
Stiginatops indistincta media Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 403, Jan. 31st, 1912 : 
Parry’s Creek, North-west Australia ; id.. List Birds Austr., p. 271, 1913; id.. 
South Austr. Om., Vol. 3, p. 208, 1918. 
Stigmatops indistincta perplexa Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 403, Jan. 31st, 1912: 
Marble Bar, North, i.e ., Mid-west Australia ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 271, 1913. 
Stigmatops indistincta melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 50, April 
2nd, 1912 : Melville Island, Northern Territory ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 271, 
1913. 
Stigmatops indistincta ouida Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 98, Sept. 18th, 
1912: Cairns, North Queensland; id.. List Birds Austr., p. 271, 1913. 
Stigmatops indistincta Mathews, Handl. Birds Austr., p. 270, 1913; Whitlock, Emu, VoL 
XXIII., p. 277, 1924. 
Lichmera indistincta yorki Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pts. 2-3, Feb. 21st, 1923, 
p. 37 : York, West Australia. 
Lichmera indistincta perthi Mathews, ib. : Perth, West Australia ; Feb. 21st, 1923 : Perth, 
West Australia. 
Lichmera indistincta miUigani Mathews, ib. : Stirling Ranges, South-west Australia. 
Lichmera indistincta Mathews, ib. 
Lichmera indistincta indistincta Mathews, ib. 
Distribution. Northern Australia, reaching down Eastern Australia into Victoria, 
(rarely) and on the west into the south-west, but not in Central or South Australia. 
Adult male. Top of head, sides of crown, and nape mouse-brown; hind-neck, sides of 
neck and back umber-brown, becoming paler and inclining to rust-brown on the 
rump and upper tail-coverts ; upper wing-coverts olive-brown tinged with yellow; 
flight-quills hair-brown fringed with yellowish-green on the outer webs and margined 
with white on the inner ones ; tail bronze-brown; lores and eye-ring somewhat 
darker than the crown of the head, with numerous silvery-white dots below* and 
behind the eye; ear-coverts dark brown somewhat paler at the tips ; chin and 
throat pale grey ; fore-neck and breast lead-grey with pale shaft-streaks ; abdomen, 
sides of body, thighs, and under tail-coverts cream-white ; axillaries and under 
wing-coverts pale buff ; under-surface of flight-quills dark brown with buffy-white 
margins ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface but paler and having white 
shafts to the feathers. Bill black, eyes silver-grey, feet grey. Total length 152 mm.; 
culmen 15, wing 72, tail 60, tarsus 19. Figured. Collected at Napier Broome 
Bay, North-west Australia, on the 18th of February, 1910. (Left hand figure.) 
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