112 EALLID^. 



Ortygometra plumliea, Gray, List Grallm, p. 120 (1844). 



Kallus minutus (iwc Gm.), Forster, Icon. ined. fig. 130 ; id. Descr. 



Anim. p. 178 (1844: Tongatabu). 

 Corethrma tabueusis, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 595 (1846). 

 Oi'tygometra tabuensis, Gray, Voy. 'Erebus ' «^' Terror,^ Birds, j). 14 



(1846) ; id. Cat. B. Troj). Isl. p. 53 (1859) ; id. Ibis, 1862, p. 239 ; 



Hartl. (^ Finsch, Faun. Centralpolyn. p. 167 (1867) ; iid. J. f. O. 



1870, p. 122 ; Graeffe, t. c. pp. 402, 415 ; Hutfon, Ibis, 1870, 



p. 394; Gray, Hatid-l. B. iii. p. 63, no. 10463 (1871); Finsch, 



J. f. O. 1872, pp. 38, 63 (Upolu), p. 183 (Wanganui) ; Hidtun, 



Ibis, 1872, p. 247 (Chatham IsL) ; Travers, Trans. N. Z. Inst. v. 



p. 218 (1872) ; Bidler, B. N. Zeal. p. 181, pi. 21. fig. 2 (1873) ; 



Fi7isch, J. f. 0. 1874, p. 201 ; Lnyard, P. Z. ^. 1875, p. 4.39, 1876, 



p. 497 ; Whituiee, Ibis, 1875, p. 447 (Samoa) ; Sharjie, Voy. ' Frehus' 



^ ' Terror; App. p. 29 (1875) ; Latjard, Ibis, 1876, p. 393 (Ovalau, 



Viti Levu) ; Ramsay, Pi-oo. Linn. Sue. i. p. 76 (1876) ; Finsch, 



P. Z. S. 1877, p. 775 ; id. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 183 ; F. L. ^ L. C. 



Lai/ard, Ibis, 1878, p. 264 (New Caledonia) : Oiist. Bull. Soc. 



Philom. 1879, p. 220; Finsch, J. f. O. 1880, pp.' 297, 307 ; id. Ibis, 



1881, pp. 106, 109 ; id. J.f. O. 1882, p. 307 (Kushai) ; F. L. Sr L. 



C. Layard, Ibis, 1882, pp. 537, 544 (New Caledonia) ; Fuller, B. 



Ne2v Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 101, pi. 23. fig. 1 (1888) ; lieichen. J.f. O. 



1891, p. 127 ; Wiglesio. Abhandl. Zool. Mus. Dresd. no. 0, p. 60 



(1891). 

 Zaporuia spilonota (nee Gould), Pectle. U.S. F.rpl. F.rped., Aves, 



p. 224 (1848: Fiji) ; Hartl. Arch. /.Nat. 1852, p. 136. 

 Porzana immaculata, Gould, B.Austr. vi. pi. 82 (1848) ; 3Iarie, Acfes 



Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, xxvii. p. 328 (1870) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, 



Ralli, p. 36 (1865). 

 Porzana spilonota, \ar., Hartl. in Wiegm. Arch. 1852, p. 136. 

 Porzana vitiensis, Hartl. J.f. O. 1854, p. 169. 

 Porzana tabuensis, Hartl. J.f. O. 1854, p. 169 (Society Isl.) ; Gould, 



Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 341 (1865) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ralli, 



p. 36 (1865) ; Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 194 (1876) ; 



id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 345 (Queensland) ; id. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 



ii. p. 200 (1877) ; Wardlatc Bamsay, Ibis, 1886, p. 161 (Manila) ; 



Bamsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 25 (1888). 

 Zapovnia tabuensis, Bp. C. B. xliii. p. 599 (1856). 

 Zapornia umbrina, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. viii. p. 254 (1856) ; id. 



U.S. Expl. Fxped., Birds, p. .305, pi. 35. fig. 2 (1858). 

 Zapornia umbrata, Hartl. Arch. f. Nat. 1858, p. 29. 

 P.allus minor, Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7470. 

 Phalaridium tabuense, Heine i§- Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p 319 



(1890). 



Adult male. General colour above chocolate-brown, a little more 

 dusky on the lower back and rump ; ui)pcr tail-coverts blackish like 

 the tail ; wing-coverts chocolate-brown like the back ; bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills dusky brown, the first primary whitish 

 along the outer edge ; the innermost secondaries chocolate-brown 

 like the back ; crown of head and neck blackish brown ; sides of 

 face and entire under surface slaty grey, the throat paler ; under 

 tail-coverts black, with white bars ; under wiug-coverts ashy 

 brown, with whitish edgings : " bill black ; feet dull brick-red ; 

 iris and eyelash bright red " {J. Gould). Total length 6-3 inches. 



