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OiiPER RALLIFOKMES. 

 Family RALLIDAE. 

 Genus KALLUS. 



liiillm LiiiDi', •^ijxl. J\'a^ ed. x. p. 153. 1758. 



Type (by subs, desigaation) : 11. atjiiaticKx Lima'. 



T9. Rallus pectoralis pectoralis. 



Riillns im-hiridh Temminck i*;- Liugier, I'lnn. Co/or d'Ois. m livr. vol. v. p opp. pi. h2i 1S3I 

 New South Wales. 



Synonyms : 



RlMus '"■'•^■'">« I Swainson, Anim. in iUmij. p. 336. 1837 : both from Tasmania. 

 /{alius Invinu ) 



Slate-breasted Rail. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 48 (pars). 



Range: South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South 



Australia. 



80. Rallus pectoralis clelandi. 



Rallus iiecUimli.1 rlelanilt Mathews, Birds AksIi: vol. i. p. I.s;i. I'.lll : West Australia. 



Western Slate-breasted Rail. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 4S (pars). 

 Range : West Australia. 



Genus EXTLABEOBNIS. 



Eidaljponiis Gould, Pi-uc. Ztml. Sue. {I.vmi.) 1844. p. 50. 



Tyi)e (by monotypy) : E. castaneoKentris Gould. 



81. Eulabeornis philippensis australis. 



Ilypotaenidia australis Pelzehi, /6i.s. 1873. p. 42 : New South AVales. 

 Eastern Buff-banded Rail. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 49 (pars). 

 Range : New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia. 



82. Eulabeornis philippensis mellori subs)], n. 

 AVestern Buff-banded Rail. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 49 (pars). 



Differs from E. p. australis in being much darker above ; measurements about 

 the same. 



Type : Sandy Hook Island, south-east of West Australia, No. .s'.J2:i. 

 Range : West Australia. 



83. Eulabeornis castaneoventris castaneoventris. 



Eulabeornis castaneooentris Gould, Proc. Zool. Sw.: {Lmul.) 1844. p. 5(! : Gulf of Carpentaria. 

 Eastern Chestnut-bellied Rail. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 50 (pars). 

 Range : North Queensland, 



