TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 53 



Ortygometra OBSCURA. 



Dusky Rail, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 237. 



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



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



Porzana obscura, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fur Naturg. 1852, p. 137. 



Sandwich Islands. 



Ortygometra tabuensis. B.M. 



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



Rallus minutus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 178; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 130. 



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



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



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



Zapornia I tabuensis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 185G, p. 599. 



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



Porzana 1 immaculata, Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pi. 82. 



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



Zapornia umbrina, Cass. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1850", viii. p. 254. 



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

 p. 29. 



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



Crex plumbea, Gray, Griff. x\nim. Kingd. iii. p. 400. 



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



' Maeho ' 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. 



Porphyrio 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. 



Porphyrio vitiensis, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 221. 



Porphyrio poliocephalus, (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) ? j New Caledonia ? 



Gallinula ? 



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

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

 ' Alai ' of the natives. 

 Sandwich Islands. 



