21.2 Messrs. G. -\I. Matliews and Tom. Iredale : 



Gallirallus australis anstralis (Sparrmau). Brown Wood- 

 Hen. 

 Balhis avstralis Sparrman, Museum Carlson. 178G, fasc. i. 

 no. xiv. : Dusky Sound^ South Island. 



Synonyms : — 



Ballus troglodytes Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 17S0, p. 713: Duslvv 



Suuiid, South Island. 

 Ocydromus earli Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 238 : Dusky Sound, South 

 Island ; Buller, Suppl. vol. i. p. 52. 

 Range : — South Island (breeding). 



Gallirallus australis greyi (Buller). North Island AVood- 

 Hen. 

 Ocydromus (jreyi Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. 1888, 

 ]). 105 : North Island. 



Synonym : — 



Ocydromvs (jreyi Buller, Suppl. vol. i. p. 47. 



Range : — North Island (breeding). 



Gallirallus australis scotti (Grant). Stewart Island Wo.od- 

 Hen. 



Ocydromus scotti Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xv. 

 1905, p. 78 : Stewart Island. 



Range : — Stewart Island (breeding) ; ]\[aequarie Island 

 (introduced). 



Gallirallus brachypterus Lafresnaye. Blaek Wood-Hen. 



GaU'irallus bruchyjjterus Lafresnaye, Revue Zool., Aug. 

 38-11, p. 243: Dusky Sound, South Island. 



Synonyms : — 



Gcdlirallus fuscus Du Bus, Esquisses Ornitli. 1847, pi. ii. : same 



locality. 

 Ocydromus nigricans Buller, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. vol. i. 18G9, 



p. Ill : same locality. 

 ? Ocydromvs Jinschi Ilutton, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. vol. vi. 1874, 



p. 110: south-eastern Otago. 

 Ocydromus brachypferus Buller, Suppl. vol. i. p. Gl. 



Range : — South-west Coast, South Island (breeding). 



