52 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS Ol THE 



Rallus pectoralis. B.M. 



Rallus pectoralis, Cuv., Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 536 ; Cass. U. S. Expl. 

 Exped. 1858, p. 303; Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pi. 70. 



Rallus philippensis, (Lath.) Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 222 ; 

 Haiti. Wiegm. Arch, fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 130. 



Philippine Rail, var. A, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 231. pi. 86. 



Rallus philippensis, var. ft, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 714. 



Rallus pacificus, var., Eorst. Descr. &c. p. 1/8; G. Forst. Icon, 

 ined. 127. 



Rallus Forsteri, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 136. 



1 Namoka ' of the natives of the Tonga Islands. 



Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Samoan or Navigators' Islands (Upolu) ; 

 Feejee Islands (Mathuata) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu). 



Var. ? Philippine Rail, var. B, Lath. Gen. Syn. v. p. 232. 

 Rallus philippensis, var. 3, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 714. 

 Tonga Islands (Tongatabu). 



Ortygometra? sandwichensis. 



Sandwich Rail, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 236. 



Rallus ecaudatus, Cook's 3rd Voy. 2nd edit. iii. p. 119. 



Rallus sandwichensis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 717; Ellis's Icon. ined. 

 70 (?). 



Porzana sandwichensis, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fiir Naturg. 1852, 

 p. 137. 



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



Zapornia sandwichensis, Reichenb. Syst. Av. t. . f . 1 184, 1 185 ? 



Sandwich Islands. 



Ortygometra ? 



Rallus sandwichensis, var. /3, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 717. 

 New Hebrides (Tanna). 



Ortygometra tannensis. B.M. 



Rallus tannensis, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 275 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 

 131. 



Rallus quadristrigatus, Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 190. 

 Gallinida mystacina, Temm. 



Porzana leucophrys, Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pi. 81. 

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

 New Hebrides (Tanna) ; Feejee Islands (Ngau). 



Ortygometra tahitiensis. 



Otaheite Rail, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 230. 



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



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



Porzana tahitiensis, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 130. 



Zapornial tahitiensis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1850, p. 599. 



Society Islands (Otaheite) ; Friendly Islands. 



