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louffft Is.: Tonga-tabu (Forst.), Eua „extinct" (Hiibuer). — Samoa Is. [C'raffe etc.).— Fiji Is.: 

 Ovalau (Penh, Lay.). Viti Levu (Griiffe, Lay.), Ngau (Rayner). — )Seu' Hebrides (Lay.): Tanna (Lath.), 

 Aneiteum (Gray). — Kew Caledonia (Ven-., Lay.). — Caroline Is.: Ualan (KM.). — Australia; 

 Van Diemen's Land; New Zealand; Norfork Id. 



311.* Ortygometra tahitiensis. 



Otaheite Rail, Lat/t. Gen. Syn. Ill, 236. — Rallus tahitiensis Gm. S. N. 1788 II, 717; Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. 1790 II, 759; licrhsf. Lath. TJebers. Ill, 207; IV, 465. — Rallus minutus, pt. Forst. Descr. An. 1844, 

 178 (ex Otaheite tantum). — Corethrura tahitiensis Gray, Gen. B. Ill, 595. — Porzana tahitiensis Hartl- 

 Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 136; id. J. f. 0. 1854, 169. — Zapornia tahitiensis Up. C. R. 1856, 599. — Ortygometra 

 tahitiensis Gray. B. Trop. Is. 52; F.ctH. Orn. Centralpol. 170. — Aramus tahitiensis Gray, H. L. 1871 III, 

 59 no. 10412. — „Maho", Tahiti (Forst.). 



- Society Is.: Tahiti and the adjacent islands (Lath., Forst.). 

 This species may be distinguished from 0. tabuensis Gm. by its white first primary and the white 

 margins of the others. Latham has given the Tonga Islands as an additional locality for O. tahitiensis 

 and the Society Islands for 0. tabuensis of Tonga-tabu, etc., but this would appear to be due to a 

 confusion of the two forms, granted that they are really entitled to specific distinction. 



312. Ortygometra cinerea. 



Sandwich Rail, var. Lath. Gen. Syn. Ill, 236. — Rallus sandwichensis, var. /i, Gm. S. N. 1788 II, 

 717; Bechst. Lath. LTebers. Ill, 207; IV, 464 (ex Tanna). — Rallus sandvicensis, var. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1790 



II, 759. — Porphyrio cinereus ViciU. N. Diet. 1819 XXVUI, 29. — Rallus quadristrigatus Horsf. Tr. Linn. 

 Soc. 1821 XIII, 196. — Gallinula mystacina Temm. ap. Gray. — Rallus tannensis Forst. Descr. An. 1844, 

 275; id. Icon. ined. 131. — Porzana leucophrys G/d. P. Z. S. 1847, 33; id. B. Austr. 1848 VI, pi. 81; 

 J'err. ct Des. M. Rev. Zool. 1860, 437; 1862, 141; Jouai,. Mem. Soc. Gherb. 1863 IX, 238; Marie. Actes S. L. 

 Bord. 1870 XXVII; "/. Ibis 1877, 363. — Ortygometra sp. Gray, B. Trop. Is. 52. — Ortygometra tannensis 

 Gray, ib. 52. — Porzana cinerea Schl. Mus. P. B. Ralli 1865, 32. — Ortygometra quadristrigata Finsch, N. 

 Guin. 1865, 181; F. et H. Orn. Centralpol. 164; iid. P. Z. S. 1868, 8, 118; 1872, 107; Gray, H. L. 1871 



III, 63 no. 1U464; Finsch, J. f. 0. 1872, 53; Whitmee. Ibis 1875, 446; Lay. P. Z. S. 1875, 439; 1876, 496, 

 505; id. Ibis 1876, 393; Ramsay. Pr. L. S. N. S. W. 1877 II, 142; Nehrkom. J. f. O. 1879, 408; Schmeltz, 

 Verb. Ver. Hamb. 1879, 80; Lay. Ibis 1880, 232; 1882, 537, 544; Rchnw. J. f. 0. 1891, 127. — Ortygometra 

 cinerea Walden, Tr. Z. S. 1872 VIII, 94; Finsch, J. xMus. Godef. 1875 Vlll, 38; id. P. Z. S. 1877, 785; Lay. 

 Ibis 1878, 263; Oust. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1879 July; Finsch. P. Z. S. 1880, 577; Schmeltz, Ethn. Abth. M. G. 

 353; Sah-ad. Orn. Pap. 1882 III, 273. — „Vai", Samoa Is. (Griiffe). — „Thoin", Lifu (Lay.). — „Aghia", New 

 Caledonia (Verr.). — ,,Bal", Uap (Kub.). — „Sungarok", Pelew Is. (Tctens, Kub.). 



Samoa Is.: (Whitmee), Upolu (Griiffe)'. — Nina foil ? (Hahier). — Fiji Is.: N'gau iGray), 

 Viti Levu and Ovalau (Lay.). — Neir Hebrides: Tanna (Forst.). — loyalty Is.: Lifu (Lay.). — 

 Kew Caledonia (Verr.. Lay.). — Felete Is. (Tetcns etc.). — Caroline Is.: Uap. Ruk [Kub.j. — India; 

 Indo- and Austro-Malayan subregions ; Australia. 



313.* Pareudiastes pacifieus. 



Pareudiastos pacifieus Hartl. et Finsch., P. Z. S. 1871, 25 pi. II; Finsch, J. f. 0. 1872, 54; Whitmee, 

 P. Z. S. 1874, 184, 605; Schmeltz, Ethn. Abth. M. G. 1881, 472. — „Punae'' (Kub.). 

 Sanioan Is. : Savaii (Kuhary). 



314.* Porphyrio melanonotus pelewensis. 



Porphyrio melanotus //. et F. (nee Myth)., P. Z. S. 1868, 8, 118. — Porphyrio melanotus var. 

 pelewensis //. et F. P. Z. S. 1872, 107. — Porphyrio pelewensis ('.' Schmeltz), Cat. Mus. Godef. 1874 V, 13; Finsch, 

 .1. .Mus. Godef. VIII, 39; Salvad. Atti Accad. Sc. Tor. 1879 XIV, 1166, 1169; (.'Schmelt~J, Ethn. Abth. M. G. 

 1881, 407; Meyer., Abh. u. Ber. Mus. Dresden 1891, no. 4, 16. — Porphyrio cyanocephalus, |)t. Elliot., Str., 

 F. 1878 VII. 13. — ..Wek" (Kub.); „Wak" (Tetens). 



Felew Is. (Tetens etc.). 



