LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
CCXCI. Genus PET ROIC A. 
Petroica Swainson, Zool. Ulus., 2nd Ser.,Vol. I. # p. 39, " 1829/* Typo (by monotypy) : Muscicapa multicolor 
Gmelin. 
347. PETROICA MULTICOLOR. SCARLET-BREASTED ROBIN. 
[Muscicapa multicolor Gmelin, Syst. Nat., pt. ii., p. 944, April 20th, 1789 : Norfolk Island. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. III., pi. 3 (pt. viii.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. VIII., pt. 2, pi. 377, June 
17th, 1920. 
Muscicapa boodang Lesson, Journ. aut Globe " Thetis,*' Vol. II., p. 322, ** 1837 ** (ack. B.F., Feb. 24th, 1838): 
Sydney, New South Wales. 
Petroica coccirwa Feale. United States Expl. Expod., Vol. VIII., p. 92, 1848 (in or before October): Sydney, 
New South Wales. 
Petrceca leggii Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. IV., p. 105, March 2Gtli, 1879 : M Australia," i.e. Tasmania. 
Petrceca campbclli Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Omith. Club, Vol. VIII., p. xxii., Dec. 31st, 1898 : (near Albany) West 
Australia. 
Pctrcrcaleggii (subsp. halmaturina) A. G. Campbell, Emu, Vol. V., pt. 3, p. 140, Jan. 1st, 1906 : Kangaroo Island. 
Petroica multicolor frontalis Mathows, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 303, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parwan, Victoria. 
Petroica multicolor samueli Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 89, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Kangaroo Island. 
Distribution. Extra-tropical Australia and Tasmania. 
CCXCII. Genus WHITEORN1S. 
Whiteornis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 101, Dec. 24th. 1912. Type (by original designation) : 
Muscicapa goodenovii Vigors and Horsfield. 
348. WHITEORNIS GOODENOVII. RED-CAPPED ROBIN. 
Gould, Vol. III., pi. 5 (pt. viii.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. VIII., pt. 2, pi. 379, June 
17th, 1920. 
Miucicapa goodenovii Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 245, Feb. 17th, 1827 : South 
Australia. 
Petroxa ramsayi Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. IV., p. 172, March 26th, 1879 : Shark’s Bay, Mid-west 
Australia. 
Petroica goodenovii quoyi Mathowa, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 305, Jan. 31st, 1912 : (Narawa) New South Wales. 
Petroica goodenovii ruficapilla Mathews, ib. : Broome Hill, South-west Australia. 
Petroica goodenovii alcxandrcc Mathows, ib .: Alexandra, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia. Not Tasmania. 
CCXCIII. Genus LITTLERA. 
Littlera Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 109, Dec. 24th, 1912. Type (by original designation): 
Muscicapa chrysoptera. 
Not of Quoy and Gaimard =Petroica phoenicea Gould. 
349. LITTLERA PHOENICEA. FLAME-BREASTED ROBIN. 
Gould, Vol. HI., pi. 6 (pt. vm.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. VIII., pt. 2, pi. 378, June 17th, 
1920. 
Petroica phoenicea Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. i., pi. (7), Jan. 1st, 1837 : Now South Wales (Sydney). 
Petroica phoenicea albicans Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 304, Jan. 31st, 1912: Bayswater, \ictoria. 
Petroica chrysoptera addenda Mathows, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 89, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Goulburn, New 
South Wales. 
Littlera phoenicea tasmanica Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. V., pt. I., p. 5, July 17th, 1922 : Tasmania. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania. 
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