and the adjacent Islands. 239 



Ocydromus dieffenbachii, G. R. Gr. Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, 



p. 14. pi. 15. 

 ' Moeriki ' of the natives. 

 Hab. Chatham Island. 



106. Rallus assimilis, G. R. Gr. App. DieflP. N. Z. ii. p. 197; 



Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7470. 

 Hypotanidia striata, p., Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 599. 

 Rallus rufopes, Ellman ?, Zool. 1861, p. 7470. 

 ' Moho pereru ?,' ' Koniui,^ ' Katatai,' ' Moho katatai,* of the 



natives. 

 Hab. Cook's Straits, N.Z.* 



107. Ortygometra affinis, G. R. Gr. Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, 



p. 14. 

 Porzana affinis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 599. 

 Rallus punctatus, Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7470. 

 ' Moho patatai ' of the natives ? 

 Hab. Nanganui River, North Island, N. Z. 



108. Ortygometra tabuensis, G. R. Gr. Voy. Ereb. & Terr. 



Birds, p. 14. 

 Tabuan Rail, Lath. Gen. Syn.v. p. 235. 

 Rallus tabuensis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 717. 

 Rallus minutus, Forst. Descr. An. p. 178; Icon. ined. 130. 

 Crex plumbea. Gray. 



Zapornia ? tabuensis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 599. 

 Rallus minor, Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7470. 

 ' Mehotatai,' ' Totoriwai,^ of the natives. 

 Hab. South Island; Otago, N.Z.; Norfolk Island. 



109. NoTORNis MANTELLii, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 377; 



Gould, B. of Austr. pi. ; Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7470. 



* What is Rallus australis, var. A., Lath. Hist. x. p. 373 ? 

 Hab. Lord Howe's Island. 



Is the "wingless bird on Lord Howe's Island," mentioned by Mr. West- 

 wood at a meeting of the Linnean Society, and noticed in Jard. Contr. of 

 Ornith. 1851, p. 10, as about the size of a Rail, the same species? 



What is the Dark Rail {Rallus tenebrosus. Lath. MSS.), Lath. Hist. ix. 

 p. 378? 



Hab. Norfolk Island. 



