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Porzana tabuensis Gm. 



RaUHsfabaemis Gm., S. N. 1(1788), p. 717, (Toago Taboo, 



Otaheite). 



Zaporina vmbrina Cass., Proc. A. N. S. Phila., VIII, p. 254 



(Fiji). 



^^ Zaporina mnbrata" Hartl., Wiegm. Arch, fiir Naturg., 1858, 

 II, p. 29=misprint of Cassin's name. 



Crex plumbea Gray , Griff. Anim. King, III, p. 410, (1829) (no 

 habitat). 



Porzana tahitiensis ((tui.) 



BaUustahitiensls Gm., S. N., I (1788), p. 717. 



GaUimila immaculata Sw. , Anim. in Menag., 1838, p. 337 (Tas- 

 mania). 



Hab. Australia and Polynesia. 



Whether there is more than one species of these little uuicolored Rails 

 of the South Pacific I am unable to say ; whether the name tabuensis 

 of Gmelin will stand is also doubtful. If the two prove synonymous, 

 tabuensis has priority. 



Porzana spilonota (Gould). 



Zaporina spilonota Gould, Voy. Beagle, pt. Ill, pt. 132. 



Hab. Galapagos. 



Porzana vitiensis Haiti. 



Porzaiia vitien.^is Uavtl , J. f 0. (1854), p. 169. 



Hab. Fiji Isls. 



A name based upon Peale's brief description of a Fiji Rail 

 which he identifies as " P. spilonota Gould" (U. S. Expl. Exped. , 

 Wilkes, p. 224). 



Porzana pusillus (Pallas). 



Iiall US pu!< ill US Puilas, Reise. Russ. Reise. (1776), III, app. p. 

 700. 



Eallus pusillus Gm., I, p. 719 (1788). 



Hab. India, China and Japan. 



Porzana intermedia (Hermann). 



Iiallus intermedius Hermann, Observ. on Zool., I, p. 198 (1804). 



Crexpygmaea Naum., Voy., t. 239 (18 — ). 



Ball us baiUoni VieilL, Nov. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXVIII, p. 548 

 (1819). 



Gallinula stellaris Temm. , Man. d'Orn. , 2 ed. , II, p. 693 

 (1820). 



Hab. Europe and Africa. 



As to the separation of this species from the preceding, see Ogilvie 



Grant, Ann. &Mag. N. H., 1890, Vol. V, p. 80. Dr. Stejueger pro- 



