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ToTANUS BREVIPES. 



Totanus brevipes, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vi. p. 410. 

 Totanus pedestris, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 582. 



" Chevalier becasseaux," Less. & Gam. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. 

 p. 432 ? 



Ladrone or Marian Islands ; Caroline Islands (Oualan) ? 



Totanus (Tringoides) hypoleucus. 



Totanus hypoleucus, (Temm.) Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 552. 

 Actitis empusa, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pi. 35. 

 Ladrone or Marian Islands. 



Totanus (Tryngites?) cancellatus. 



Barred Phalarope, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 274. 



Tringa cancellata, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 675 ; Ellis's Icon. ined. 64. 



Phalaropus cancellatus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 777 . 



Tringa parvirostris, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 235. pi. 38. f. 1. 



Actiturus rufescens, (Vieill.) var. b, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, 

 p. 597. 



Christmas Island ; Low or Paumotu Islands (Honden or Houden 

 or Dog? and Raraka Island) ; Cook's Islands (Hervey Island) ? 



Tringa (Prosobonia) leucoptera. 



White-winged Sandpiper, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 172. pi. 82. 

 Tringa pyrrhetraea, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 174 ; G. Forst. Icon, 

 ined. 120 ; Ellis's Icon. ined. 65. 



Tringa leucoptera, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 678. 



Totanus leucopterus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vi. p. 396. 



Prosobonia leucoptera, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 598. 



• Torowe ' of the natives of Otaheite. 



1 Teetee ' or ' Teta ' of the natives of Eimeo. 

 Society Islands (Otaheite ; Eimeo or York Island). 



RaLLIDjE. 



Rallus pacificus. 



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



Rallus pacificus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 177; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 

 128; Gmel. S. N. i. p. 717. 



' Oomnaa ' or ' Eboonaa ' of the natives of the Society Islands. 



• Oomeia-Keteow ' of the natives of the Tonga Islands. 

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



Rallus philippensis ? 



Rallus philippensis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 263. 



Hypoteenidia philippensis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 599. 



"Rale tiklin," Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l'Uranie, Zool. i. p. 35. 



Ladrone or Marian Islands. 



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