LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Columba palusiris Bennett, Car. Spec. Nat. Hist. Austr. Mus., p. 42, 1837, after July 26th. New name for 
" Columba lophotes Temm." 
Ocyphaps lophotes whitlocki Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVTII., p. 191, Jan. 3lst, 1912; East Murchison, mid- 
West Australia. 
Oeyphaps lophotes stalkeri Mathews, ib. : Alexandra, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia gene rail} - . Not Tasmania. 
XXXVIII. Genus LEUCOSARCIA. 
Laueosarcia Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xiii.. Dec. 1st, 1843. Type (by monotypy): C. picata Latham — C. 
melanoleuca Latham. 
42. LEUCOSARCIA MELANOLEUCA. WONGA-WONGA. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 63 (pt. xiii.), Dec. 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 3, pi. 45, April 29th. 191.1 
Columba melanoleuca Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. lix., 1801, after May : Sydney, New South Wales. 
Columba picata Latham, ib. : same locality. 
Columba armUlaris Temminck et Knip, Les Pigeons, Vol. II., p. 13, pi. VI., 1811 (? 1807) : New South Wales. 
Columba goadgang Temminck, Les Pigeons et Gall., Vol. I., p. 369, June 11th, 1813 : New South Wales. 
" Columba” iamieson Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. de l'Uranie et- Physic., Zool., p. 123 note, Aug. 28th, 1824 : New 
South Wales. 
Leucosarcia melanoleuca minor Mathews, Austral Av.Rec.. Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 54, April 7th, 1916 : North Queensland. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales. Victoria. 
Order RALLIFORMES . 
Family RALLIDiE. 
XXXIX. Genus RALLUS. 
Rallus Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed., p. 153, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (by subsequent designation, Fleming, Mem. Werner. 
Soc., Vol. III., p. 176, 1821): Rallus aquations LinnA 
Lewinia Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 120, (Oct.) 1855 (ex Reichb. and Pr. B(onaparte), MS.). Type (by 
monotypy) : R. lewinii Swainson = Rallus pectoralis Temminck et Laugier. 
Donadas Heine und Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus, Hein., p. 321 (pref. Sept.), 1890. New name for Leurinia Gray. 
43. RALLUS PECTORALIS. SLATE-BREASTED RAIL. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 77 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 46, Aug. 9th, 
1911. 
Rallus pectoralis Temminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois., S8e livr. (Vol. V., opp, pi. 523), May 14th, 1831, 
New South Wales. 
Rallus brachipus Swainson, Anim. in Menag., Dec. 31st, 1837, p. 336 : Tasmania. 
Rallus lewinii, Swainson, ib. 
Rallus pectoralis c lelandi Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 189, Aug. 9th. 1911 : West Australia. 
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Distribution. South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and South-west 
Australia. 
XL. Genus HYPOTMXIDIA. 
Hypotaenidia Reichenbaeh, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xxm., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation): Rallus 
pectoralis Gould (not Temminck) = Hypotaenidia australis Pelzeln. 
44. HYPOTiENIDIA PHILIPPENSIS. BUFF-BANDED RAIL. 
[Rallus philippensis Linne, Syst. Nat. 12th ed., Vol. I., p. 263, (pref . May 24th) 1766 : Philippine Islands. 
Extra-limital.] 
Gould. Vol. VI., pi. 76 (pt. xxiv.), Sept. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 47, Aug. 9th, 
1911, 
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