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EURYZONA Bonap. 



1846. — RalUua Gray, Geu. Birds, III, p. 595 (type R. zey- 



laiilcus Gm. (uec Rallina Reich.). 

 1856. — Euryzona Bonap., Compt. Rend., XLIII, p. 599 (type R. 



fasciata Raffl.) 



The question of the proper name for this genus has already 

 been thoroughly discussed. Besides the typical species allied to E. 

 fasciata, there is another which seems more nearly allied to this genus 

 than any other. This is the Canirallas ocideus of Temminck, which 

 is certainly not congeneric with CaniraUus kilioides (type of genus). 

 This species has the short toes of Euryzona, but has the bill some- 

 what longer and higher at the base. The coloration is almost exactly 

 the same style as that of a typical Euryzona. Although it may be 

 necessary to propose a new genus for this species, I would prefer for 

 the present to place it here. 



Euryzona fasciata (Eaffl.). 



Rallina fasciata Raffl., Trans. Linn. Soc, (1822) XIII, p. 328, 

 (Sumatra). 



Gallinula euryzona Temm. , PL Col. 417, 1838 (Java). 



Hab. India. 



Euryzona euryzonoides (Lafr.). 



Gallinula euryzo)ioides Ija,£r., Rev. Zool. , 1845, p. 368. 



Rallus zeylanicus " Gm." Auct. , nee Gmelin (see Tweedale P. Z. 



S. 1877, p. 767). 



Hab. Ceylon, Burmah, etc. 



Euryzona amauroptera (Blyth). 



Rallus captnsis Gm., S. N., (1788) I, p. 716, pt. (nee Linn.) 

 Porzana ceylonicus 'Blyih (1849), Cat. Bds. Mus. Asiat. Soc, 



p. 285 (nee R. zeylanica Gen.) 



Porzana amauroptera Blyth, fide Jerdon, Bds. India, III, p. 725 



(1864). 



Hab. Northern India. 



The date and place of Blyth's description I am unable to find ; 



probably it was merely a manuscript name that Jerdon quotes. 



Euryzona sepiaria Stejn. 



Euryzona sepiaria Ste]n., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1887, p. 395, 



Hab. Liu Kin Islands. 



Euryzona tricolor (Gray). 



Rallus tricolor Gray, P. Z. S., 1858, p. 188. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



