LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Hypotcenidia australis Pelzeln, Ibis, Jan., 1873, p. 42 : New South Wales. 
Eulabeornis philippensis mellori Mathews, Nov, Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 192, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Sandy Hook Island, 
South-west Australia. 
Eulabeornis philippensis yorki Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 1, p. 6, Aug. 2nd, 1913 : Cape York, North 
Queensland. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
XLI. Genus EULABEORNIS. 
Eulabeornis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1844, p. 56, Sept. Type (by monotypy) : E. castaneoventris Gould. 
45. EULABEORNIS CASTANEOVENTRIS. CHESTNUT-BELLIED RAIL. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 78 (pt. xvii.), Dec. 1st, 1844. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 48, Aug. 9th, 
Eulabeornis castaneoventris Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1844, p. 56, Sept. : Flinders River, Gulf of Carpen- 
taria, Queensland. 
Eulabeornis castaneoventris rogersi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol XVIII., p. 193, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Obagama, North-west 
Australia. 
Eulabeornis castaneoventris melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 29 April 2nd 1912 • Melville 
Island, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. North Queensland, Northern Territory, North-west Australia (Mangroves only). 
XLII. Genus TOMIRDUS. 
Tomirdus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 193, Jan. 31st, 1912. Type (by original designation) : Eulabeornis 
tricolor robinsoni Mathews. 
46. TOMIRDUS TRICOLOR. RED-NECKED RAIL. 
[Rallina tricolor Gray, Proc. Zool., Soc. (Lond.), 1858, p. 188, July 13th: Aru Island. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 78 (pt. v.), Aug. 1st, 1869. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 49, Aug. 9th, 1911. 
Eulabeornis tricolor robinsoni Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. I., pt. 4. p. 203, Aug. 9th, 191 1 : Caims, North Queens- 
land. 
Distribution : North Queensland. 
XLIII. Genus PORZANA. 
Porzana Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith,, p. 61, April 14th, 1816. Type (by monotypy) : “ Marouette Buff on ” 
= Rallus porzana Linne. 
Mustelirallus Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sei. Paris, Vol. XLIII., p. 599, Sept. 1856. Type (by monotypy) : 
Rallus albicollis Vieillot. 
Oaleolimnas Heine und Reichenow, Nomenel. Mus. Hein., p. 320 (pref. Sept), 1890. New name for Mustelirallus 
Bonaparte. 
47. PORZANA FLUMINEA. SPOTTED CRAKE. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 79 (pt. x.), March 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 51, Aug. 9th, 1911. 
Porzana fluminea Gould, Proc. Zool., Soc. (Lond.), 1842, p. 139, Feb. 1843 : New South Wales. 
Rallus novcehollandice Pucheran, Revue Mag. Zool., p. 278, June, July 1851 : ex Cuvier MS., New South Wales 
(Peron and Lesueur Coll.). 
Porzana fluminea whitei Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 3, p. 73, June 28th, 1912 : Eyre’s Peninsula, South 
Australia. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, South-west 
Australia. 
XLIV. Genus ZAPORNIA. 
Zapornia Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XII., pt. I., p. 230, 1824. Type (by monotypy) : Z. pusilla — 
Rallus parvus Seopoli. 
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