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Genus AMAURORNIS Reichenbach 



Amaurornis phoenicurus chinensis (Boddaert) 



Fulica chinensis Boddaert, Table des planches enlumineez, 

 1783, p. 54 (China, ex d'Aubenton, pi. 896; type locality- 

 restricted to Hongkong, by Stresemann, Nov. Zool., vol. 20, 

 1913, p. 304). 

 Range: Very common in ever}' part of the country. 



Genus GALLICREX Blyth 



Gallicrex cinerea cinerea (Gmelin) 



[Fulica] cinerea Gmelin, Caroli a Linne . . . Systema naturae, 

 ed. 13, torn. 1, pars 2, 1789, p. 702 (China). 

 Range: Reported from the northern plateau, the southeastern prov- 

 inces (Chanthaburi) , and the central plains. 



Gallicrex cinerea plumbea (Vieillot) 



Gallinula plumbea Vieillot, Nouveau dictionnaire d'histotre na- 

 turelle, nouv. ed., tome 12, June 1817, p. 404 (Java). 

 Range: Apparently rare in the peninsular provinces south of the 

 Isthmus of Kra (Phatthalung, Pattani). 



Genus GALLINULA Brisson 



Gallinula chloropus indica Blyth 



Gallinula chloropus {!) , var. Indicus [sic] Blyth, Journ. Asiatic 

 Soc. Bengal, vol. 11, pt. 2, 1843, p. 887 (Calcutta, Bengal State, 

 India). 

 Range: Reported from marshy areas of the northern plateau and 

 the central plains south to Prachuap Khiri Khan. 



Genus PORPHYRIO Brisson 



Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham) 



G[allinula]. poliocephala Latham, Index ornithologicus, Suppl., 

 1801, p. Ixviii (India). 

 Range: Marshy areas of the northern plateau and the central plains 

 (Phitsanulok, Nakhon Sawan). 



Porphyrio porphyrio viridis Begbie 



Porphyrio viridis Begbie, The Malayan Peninsula, 1834, p. 515 



(Malacca). 

 Porphyrio Edwardsi Elliot, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 1, 

 No. 1, January 1878, p. 98 (Saigon, Cochin China, and Bang- 

 kok, Thailand). 

 Range: Marshy areas of the central plains (including Nakhon 

 Sawan, where it is absolutely sympatric with the preceding form!). 



