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Ortygometra OBSCURA. 



Ihisky Rail, Lath. Geu. Syn. iii. p. 237. 



llallus obscurus, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 718. 



Corethrura obscura, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 595. 



Porzana obscura, Hartl. Wiegni. Arch, fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 137. 



Sandwich Islands. 



Ortygometra tabuensis. B.M. 



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



Rallus minutus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 1 78 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 130. 



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



Ortygometra tabuensis, G.R.Gray,Voy. Ereb.&Terr. Birds, p. 14. 



Porzana tabuensis, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 136. 



Zupornial tabuensis, Pr. B. Coinpt. Rend. 185G, p. 599. 



Gallinula immaculata. Swains. Two and a Quarter Cent. p. 377- 



Porzanal immaculata, Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pi. 82. 



Zapornia spilonota, (Gould) Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 224. 



Zajwrnia umbrina, Cass. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1856, viii. p. 254. 



Zajmrnia umbrata, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fiir Naturg. 1858, ii. 

 p. 29. 



Porzana spilonota, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 136. 



Crex plumbea. Gray, Griff. Anim. Kingd. iii. p. 400. 



Corethrura tabuensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 595, App. 27. 



' Moeho ' of the natives of the Society Islands. 



' Nohur ' of the natives of New Hebrides. 



Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Feejee 

 Islands (Ngau, Ovolau) ; New Hebrides (Tanna, Aneiteum). 



Porphyrio samoensis. B.M. 



Porphyria indicus, (Horsf.) Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 308. 

 Porphyrio samoensis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 220. 

 Samoan or Navigators' Islands (Upolu). 



Porphyrio vitiensis. B.M. 



Porjihyrio vitiensis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. J221. 



Porphyrio jwliocephalus, (Lath.)? Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, 

 p. 599. 



Porphyrio pulverulentus, (Temm.) G. R. Gray, List of Ans. B.M. 

 p. 121 (young bird). 



Fulica porphyrio, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 156? 



Feejee Islands (Viti Levu) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu)?; New 

 Hebrides (Tanna) ? ; New Caledonia ? 



Gallinula ? 



Gallinula tenebrosa, Gould ? ; Ellis's Icon. ined. 69. 

 Fulica chloropus, (L.) Bloxh. Byron's Voy. p. 250. 

 ' Alai ' of the natives. 

 Sandwich Islands, 



