LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Zaporina Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, pp. 27, 59, Dec. 1817 : Nom. nudum. 
Phalaridion Kaup, Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch. Nat. Svst., p. 173, (pref. April) 1829. Type (by subsequent 
designation Gray, Gen. Birds, Vol. III., p. 593, Nov. 1846) : O. minuta = Rallus parvus Scopoli. 
Ralliles Pucheran, Rev. Zool., 1845, p. 277 (for Aug., publ. in Sept..). Type (by subsequent designation) : 
R. parvus Scopoli. 
48. ZAPORNIA PUSILLA. LITTLE CRAKE. 
[Rallus pusillus Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, Vol. III., p. 700 (pref. 10 Feb., O.S.), 1776. Dauna, Siberia. Extra- 
limi tal.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 80 (pt. x.), March 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 52, Aug. 9th, 1911. 
Porzana palustris Gould, Proe. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1842, p. 139, Feb. 1843 ; Tasmania. 
Porzana pusilla fitzroyi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 3, p. 73, June 28, 1912 : Derby, North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally (?) and Tasmania. 
XLV. Genus PORZAN OIDEA . 
Porzanoidea Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 117, Dec. 28th, 1912. Type (by original designation) : 
Gallinula immaculata Swainson. 
Gallinula Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 358, July 1st, 1837. Type (present designation) : G. immaculata 
Swainson. 
Not of Brisson, Ornith,, Vol. VT., p. 2, 1760. 
49. PORZANOIDEA PLUMBEA. SPOTLESS CRAKE. 
fCrea; plumbea Gray in Griffith’s ed. Cuvier’s Anim. Kingd., Vol. VIII., p. 410, " 1829.” No loc. — New Zealand. 
Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 82 (pt. xxiv.), Sept. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol I., pt. 4, pi. 53, Aug. 9th, 
1911. 
Gallinula immaculata Swainson, Anim. in Menag., p. 337, Dec. 31st, 1837 : Tasmania. 
Porzana plumbea roberti Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 446, Jan. 31st, 1912 : South-west Australia. 
Porzanoidea plumbea campbelli Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 5, p. 85, Sept. 24th, 1914 : Botany Swamps, 
New South Wales. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-west Australia. 
XL VI. Genus POLIOLIMNAS. 
Poliolimnas Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. I., p. XXVIII., January 26th, 1893. Type (by original 
designation) : Porphyrio cinereus Vieillot. 
50. POLIOLIMNAS CINEREUS. WHITE-BROWED CRAKE. 
[Porphyrio cinereus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., Vol. XXVIII., p. 29, early 1819 : Loc. unknown = Java. 
Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 81 (pt. xxviii.), Sept. 1st, 1847 Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 54, Aug. 9th, 
1911. 
Porzana leucophrys Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1847, p. 33, April 27th : Port Essington, Northern Territory, 
Porzana cinerea parryi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 3, p. 73, June 28th, 1912 : Parry's Creek, North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. North-west Australia, Northern Territory, North Queensland. 
XLVII. Genus AMAURORNIS. 
Amaurornis Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xxi,, 1852 (? 1853). Type (by monotypy) : Gallinula olivacea 
Meyen. 
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