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Hypotsenidia philippensis assimilis (Gray). New Zealand 

 Buif -banded Rail. 

 Rallus assimilis Gray, in Dieffenbach's Travels in New 

 Zealand, vol. ii. 1843, p. 197 : Nortb Island. 



Synonyms : — 



Rallus picUcs Potts, Traus. New Zeal. Inst. vol. i. 1872, p. 202 : 



Okarito, South Island. 

 Hijpotcenidia pliilippensis Buller, Siippl. vol. i. p. 43 (part.). [The 



type-locality of Rallus philippei/sis Linne, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. 



1766, p. 263, is Philippine Island.s.] 



Range : — Both Islands (breeding). 



Note : — We have not sufficient material to decide whether 

 Rallus pictus Potts deserves recognition, but from our 

 studies in this species (Mathews, Birds Austr. vol, i. I'Jll, 

 pp. 193-199) we anticipate its separation. 



HypotaBnidia philippensis macquariensis (Hutton) . Macquarie 

 Island Rail. 



Rallus macquariensis Hutton, Ibis, 1879, p. 455 : 

 Macquarie Islands. 



Range: — Macquarie Islands (breeding). 



Genus NESOLIMNAS. 



Nesolimnas Andrews, Nov. Zool. vol. iii. 189G, p. 20G, 

 Type (by monotypy) : N. dieffenbachii (Gray). 



Nesolimnas dieffenhacMi (Gray). Chatham Islands' Rail. 



Rallus dieffenbachii Gray, in Dieffenbach's Travels in New 

 Zealand, vol. ii. 1843, p. 197 : Chatham Islands. 



Synonym : — 



Nesolivinas dieff'eiibachi Buller, Suppl. vol. i. p. 44. 



Range : — Formerly Chatham Islands. Now extinct„ 

 Unique example in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



Genus GALLIRALLUS. 



Gallirallus Lafresnaye. Revue Zool. 1841, p. 243. 

 Type (by monotypy) : G. brachypterus Lafresnaye, 



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