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88. Forzana pusilla palustris. 



Porzaiia jMlaxIris GouW, Proc. Zool. Soc. {Lund.) 1S4J. ]i. IH'.i : Tasmania. 



Little Crake. 



Mathews, Handlist Xo. o4. 



Range: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, 8onth Australia. 

 West Australia. 



a^-K Forzana plumbea immaculata. 



Galliimla iiiiiiiacidatn Swainson, Aiiim. in Menng. p. .3.37. 183H ; Tasmania. 



Spotless Crake. 

 Mathews, IlanjIUsf No. 55. 



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

 Australia. 



Uii. Forzana cinerea leucophrys. 



Poi-.iiiui teucijjjkrijs Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Land.) 1847. p. 33: Port Essington, Xorthern 

 Territory. 



White-browed Crake. 



Matliews, Handlist No. 56. 



Range : North- W'est Australia, Northern Territory, North t^ueensland. 



Genus TBIBONYX. 



Tri/,'in,/j: Du Bus, Hull. Arad. Roy. S'i Bni.r. vol. vii. p. -^12. 1840. 

 Type (by mouotyjiyj : 7'. morticri l)n Bus. 



Ul. Tribonyx mortieri. 



Trihoniix mortieri Du Bus. Bull. Acod. lioi/, ,Sri. Brn.r. vol. vii. p. '2\\. 1K40 : Tasmania. 



Synonyms : 



Brachyptrallm rulloides Lafresnaye, Re.vue Zool. p. 'iSi. 1840 : Tasmania. 



Trihomj.r ijnuldi Sclater, Ann. .\foi/. Xat. Hi-I. ser. iii. vol. x.\. p. Vl'.'>. 1807 : Tasmania. 



Native Hen. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 58. 



Range : Tasmania. 



92. Tribonyx ventralis ventralis. 



Gnllinnlii cenlmlis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lnnd.) 183(i. p. K;') : .Swan River, West Australia. 



Black-tailed Native Hen. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 59 (pars). 

 Range : Sonth-West Australia. 



U3. Tribonyx ventralis whitei subsp. n. 



Eastern Black-tailed Native Hen. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 69 (jiars). 



Differs from T. c. centralis in its slightly smaller vviiii; /Jlo luiu. : t\pical 

 wing 22U), its browner undercoloration and less deep bill. 

 Type : Nevertire, New South Wales, No. 6822. 

 Range: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia. 



