1894.] NATUKAI. SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 145 



poses the adoptiou of the name m^en/tedi'a for this bird (Proc. U. S. N. 

 M., 1886, p. 397) as the status of Crex pygmaea seems somewhat 

 doubtful, aud this name antedates B. ballloni Vieill. by fifteen 

 years. 



Porzana parva (Scop.). 



Kallas parvit.-i Scop., Ann. Hist. Nat., p. 108 (1769). 



Eallus mlnata Pall., Zoogr. Ross. Asiat. , II, p. 155, 1826 (nee R. 

 inhmta Gmelin 1788, which is a South American species). 



Rallus Foljabamei Mont. 



Rallus Feyrousil Vieill. 



Hab. Europe and Western Asia. 



Porzana palustris Gould. 



Forzana 2ialadrls GonM, P. Z. S. , 1842, p. 189. 



Hab. Tasmania. 



Porzana affinis Gray. 



Oiiygometm affini'i Gnxy, Voy. Ereb. & Terr. , p. 14(1844). 



Railus pundatas Ellm., Zool.*, 1861, p. 7470. 

 Hab. New Zealand. 



c. CRECOPSIS Sharpe. 



Porzana egregia Peters. 



OyfiiqoinetraegregiaFeters, Monaisher. K. P. Ak. Wisseusch. Ber- 

 lin, 1854, p. 134. 



Hab. Tette. 



Porzana angolensis Hartl. 



Ortijgometra angoleadii Hartl., Ibis, 1862, p. 340 (Angola). 



Ortygometra fasciata Hough, J. f O., 1863, p. 27 (White 

 Nile)." 



This species is said to be identical with the preceding by Heuglin, 

 Ornith. N. Afr. II, p. 1240. 



Porzana marginalis Hartl. 



Forzana marginalis Hartl., Syst. Oru. West Afr., p. 241. 



Hab. Gaboon. 



Porzana waters! Bartl. r Si 



Zaporinaimterd'QixriX., P. Z. S. , 1879, p. 772, pi. LXI. ^*<a^^,. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



d. COTURNICOPS. 

 Porzana exquisita Swinh. 



Forzana exquisita Swinh., Ann. & Mag. N. H., (4) XII, p. 376, 



1873. 



Forzana and alaf a Tacz. , J. f. O. , 1874, p. 333. 



Hab. N. China (Cheefoo). 

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