146 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1894. 



Dr. Stejneger seems to have overlooked the description of this 

 species in Ann. and Mag. N. H., 1873 (see Proc. U. S. N. M., 1886, 

 p. 401) and Mr. Swinhoe himself says that he forgot that he had 

 published it and republished the species in Ibis, 1875, p. 135, fortun- 

 ately using the same name. 



Porzana ay re si (Gurney). 



Coturnicops ayresi Gurney, Ibis, 1877, p. 352, PI. VII. 



Hab. Transvaal Republic. 



OTHER SPECIES. 

 Porzana akool (Sykes). 



llaUn.-< akool Sykes, P. Z. S., 1832, p. 164. 



Hab. India. 



Porzana mode sta (Sw. ) 



Gallimtla modesta Sw. , Anim. in Menag. , p. 348. 



Hab. India. 



Porzana bicolor Walden. 



Porzana bicolor Walden, Ann. & Mag. N. H., (4) IX, p. 47 

 (1871). 



Porzana elwesi Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 283. 



Hab. Himalayas. 



Porzana moluccana Wall. 



Porzana moluccana Wall, P. Z. S. , 1865, p. 480. 



Hab. Amboyna. 



LIMNOBAENUS Sund. 



1872. — Limnohaenus Sund., Meth. Nat. Av. , p. 130 (type 

 Gallmula rnbigmosa Temm. ) 



Limnobaenus fuscus (Linn. )• 



Pallas fascas Linn., S. N., ed. 12, I, p. 262 (1766). 

 " Pallm flammiceps Hodgs " (?) 



Hab. Philippines. 



Limnobaenus erythrothorax (J. &S. ) 



GalUnula erythrofhorax J. & S., Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 121, })1. 



LXXVIII. 



Hab. China and Japan. 



Limnobaenus paykulli (Ljungli). 



Rallmpayknm Ljungh, Sv. Vet. Akad. Hand!., 1813, p. 258. 



Porzana laandarina Swiuh., Ann. & Mag. N. H. , 4 series, V, p. 

 173. 



Hab. China, Malacca, Batavia. 



