TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 75 



Alexander Wetmore and Melbourne A. Carriker, Jr. Original number 



11567. 

 Rallus elegans ramsdeui Riley 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 26: 83, March 22, 1913. 

 233478. Adult male. San Carlos, near Guantanamo, Oriente Province, 



Cuba. May 4, 1910. Collected by Charles T. Ramsden. 

 Rallus jouyi or Hypotaenidia jouyi Stejneger 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 9: 362, February 10, 1887. 

 =Rallus striatus jouyi Stejneger. See Ripley, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 



94:327,1944. 

 85751. Adult male. Shanghai, Kiangsu Province, China. July 5, 1881. 



Collected by D. C. Jansen. Received from Pierre L. Jouy, who ac- 

 quired it from the Shanghai Museum. Jouy's original number 72. 

 Hypotaenidia striata reliqua Oberholser 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55 : 476, June 5, 1919. 

 =Rallus striatus gularis Horsfield. See Ripley, BuU. Mus. Comp. Zool. 



94: 327, 1944. 

 179013. Adult female. Simalur Island, Barussan Islands, eastern Indian 



Ocean off Sumatra. December 12, 1901. Collected by William L. 



Abbott. 

 Hypotaenidia striata paraterma Oberholser 



Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 295, July 19, 1924. 

 =RaUus striatus striatus Linnaeus. See Peters, Checklist of birds of the 



world 2: 163 (footnote 2), 1934. 

 161078. Adult female. Samar Island, Philippine Islands. April 18, 



1888. Collected by Frank S. Bourns. Received from Dean C. 



Worcester. 



Genus DRYOLIMNAS Bowdler Sharpe 



Rougetius abbotti RIdgway 



Auk 11 (1) : 74, January 1894. 

 =Dryolimnas cuvieri abbotti (Ridgvvay). See Peters, Checklist of birds 



ofthevvorld2: 170,1934. 

 128826. Adult male. Assumption Island, Aldabra Islands, western 



Indian Ocean north of Madagascar. September 18, 1892. Collected 



by William L. Abbott. 

 Rougetius aldabranus Ridgway 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 16: 598, August 16, 1893 (advance sheet). 

 =Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus (Giinther). See Ridgway, Auk 11: 74, 



1894; Peters, Checklist of birds of the world 2: 170, 1934. 

 128835. Adult male. Aldabra Island, Aldabra Islands, western Indian 



Ocean north of Madagascar. October 10, 1892. Collected by 



William L. Abbott. 



