106 EALLID^. 



6. Forzana afflnis. 



Ortygometra aifinis, Gray, Voit.' Erebus' Sf ' Terror^ Birds, p, 14 (184(i : 

 North Island, N.Z.); id. 'Gen. B. p. 593 (1846); id. Ibis, l8iV2, 

 p. 239; Hutton, Ibis, 1870, p. 394, 1872, p. 247 (Chatham Isl.): 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 02, no. 10457 (l^i71) ; Travers, Tr. N. 

 Z. Inst. V. p. 218 (1872, Chatham Isl.) ; Bidler, B. N. Zeal. p. 182, 

 pi. 22. %. 1 (1873); Sharpe, Voy. 'Erebus' 'Terror; App. 

 p. 29 (1875); Finsch, J. f. O. 1878, p. 182; Buller, B. N. Zeal. 

 2nd ed. ii. p. 103 (1888). 



Porzana affinis, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1856). 



Rallus punctatus, Ellmayi, Zool. 1801, p. 7470. 



Ortvijometra pygmaea, Finsch {nee Brehm), Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 102 

 (1876). 



Adult. Similar to P. intermedia, but rather paler in general 

 coloration and with a longer hill: "bill, tarsi, and toes pale brown, 

 tinged with olive; iris dull red"' {Sir W. Buller). Total length 

 7 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 3-3, tail 1"8, tarsus 1, middle toe and 

 claw 1-45. {Mus. Rothschild.) 



Hah. New Zealand. 



a. Ad. sk. North Island, New Zealand. Percy Earl, Esq. [C]. 



(Type of specie&.j 



7. Porzana pusilla. 



Rallus pusillus, Pall. Reis. Russ. Reichs. iii. App. p. 700 (1770) ; 



Gm. iSyst. Nat. i. p. 719 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Or?i. p. 761 (1790) ; 



rieill. N. Diet. d'Hisf. Nat. xxviii. p. 563 (1819). 

 Dwarf Rail, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 323 (1801). 

 Rallus minutus. Pall. Zoof/r. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 155 (1811). 

 Za])ornia pusilla vel baUloni (7iec V.), Hodys. Icon. ined. in Brit. 



iMiis., (Irallce, pi. 113. fig. 1 (no. 568) ; id. in Grays Zool. Misc. 



p. 86 (1844). 

 Ortygometra pygnifea {ncc Brehm), Gray, Cat. 3Ianuu. etc. Nepal 



pres. IIodys.\\ 142 (1840) ; Hmne, Sir. F. ii. p. 301 (1874: An- 



damans) ; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 94 (1878: Ordos). 

 Porzana pygmsea {nee Brehm), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 284 



(1849: Calcutta); Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 723 (1864); Schl. 



Mus. Pays-Bas, Ralli, p. 30 (1865, pt.) ; Sivinh. P. Z. *V. 



1871, p. 414; Hume if Henders. Lah. to Yark. p. 223 (1873); 



Tacz. J. f. O. 1873, p. 106 ; Sivinh. Ibis, 1875, p. 134 (Chefoo) ; 



Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 193 (1876 : E. Turkestan) ; Ball, t. c. p. 234 



(Sumbulpur) ; Fairb. t. c. p. 263 (Ahmeduuggur) ; Blanf. Str. F. 



V. p. 247 (1877: Munchur Lake) ; Tncz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 



i. p. 259 (1876) ; David S^ Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 487 (1877) ; 



Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. pp. 230, 412 (1875); Sliarpe, Ibis, 1877, 



p. 24 (Bintulu) ; Blakist. 8f Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 225 ; Bidd. Ibis, 



1881, p. 98 (Gilgit) ; Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 264 (1884) ; 



Styan, Ibis, 1891, pp. 329, 501 (Lower Yangtze). 

 Ortygometra niinuta (7iec Fall.), Radde, Reis. Sibir., VUg. p. 311 



(1863: Tarei-nor ; Karinsk). 

 Porzana bailloni [nee V.), Stvinh. Ibis, 1807, p. 839 (Amoy, Foo- 



chow) ; Hume ^ Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 467 (1878 : Tavoy) ; 



Ball, Str. F. vii. p. 229 (1878: Godaveri) ; Hume, t. c. p. 489 



(Calcutta) ; Leyye, B. Ceylon, p. 766 (1879) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind 



etc. p. 67 (1879) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 113 (1879) ; Scully, t. c. 



p. 358 (Nepal) ; Hume. <^- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 203, 



pi. 35 (1879) ; Butler, Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 80 (1880) ; J'idal, 



