LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
51. AMAURORNIS MOLUCCANUS. RUFOUS-TAILED MOORHEN. 
[Porzana moluccana Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1865, p. 480, Oct. 1st : Amboyna. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 79 (pt. v.), August 1st, 1869. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 58, Aug. 9th, 1911. 
Gallinula ruficrissa Gould, Birds Austr. Suppl., pt. v. (pi. 79), Aug. 1st, 1869, and Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. IV., 
Vol. I\ ., p. 110, August 1st, 1869 : Cape River, Queensland. 
Gallinula moluccana yorki Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 8, p. 194, March 20th, 1913 : Cape York, Queens- 
Distribution. North Queensland, Northern Territory. 
XL VIII. Genus TRIBON FX. 
Tribonyx Du Bus, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Brux., Vol. VII., No. 4, April, p. 212, May 1840. Type (by monotypy) : 
Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus. 
Brachyptrallus La Fresnaye, Revue Zool., August 1840, p. 231, September. Type (by monotypy) : B. ralloides 
La Fres. = T. mortierii Du Bus. ' 
52. TRIBONYX MORTIERII. NATIVE HEN. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 71 (pt. xxxi. ), June 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 55, Aug. 9th, 
1911. 
Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Brux., Vol. VII., No. 4, April, p. 214 andpl.,May 1840 : Nouvelle 
Hollande = Tasmania. 
Brachyptrallus ralloides La Fresnaye, Revue Zool., Aug. 1840, p. 234, Sept. Tasmania. 
Tribonyx gouldi Sclater, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. III., Vol. XX., p. 123, Aug. 1st, 1867 : Tasmania. 
Distribution. Tasmania. 
XLIX. Genus MICROTRIBONYX. 
Microtribonyx Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. I., p. xxix., January 26th, 1893. Type (by original designa- 
tion) : Gallinula ventralis Gould. 
53. MICROTRIBONYX VENTRALIS. BLACK-TAILED WATER HEN. 
Gould, Vol. VI.. ill. 72 (pt. xx.), Sept. 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4. pi. 56, Aug. 9th, 
1911. 
Gallinula ventralis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1836, p. 85, Jan. 16th, 1837 : Swan River, West Australia. 
Tribonyx ventralis whitei Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 194, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Nevertire, New South Wales. 
Tribonyx ventralis territorii Mathews ib, p. 195 : Alexandra, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
L. Genus GALLINULA. 
Gallinula Brisson, Ornith., Vol. I., p. 54, Vol. VI., p. 2, 1760. Type (by tautonymy) : Gallinula — Fulica 
chloropus Linne. 
Hydrogallina Lacepede, Tabl. Ois.. p. 19, December 1799, Species added by Daudin in Hist. Nat. (Buffon) ed. Didot 
Quadr., Vol. XIV., p. 336 [1799] = (Oct.) 1802. Type (by subsequent designation) : F. chloropus Linne. 
Stagnicola Brehm, Vogel Deutschl., p. 702, 1831 (pref. July). Type (by subsequent designation) : F. chloropus. 
54. GALLINULA TENEBROSA. BLACK MOORHEN. 
Gould. Vol. VI., pi. 73 (pt. xxiii.), March 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 57, Aug. 9th, 
1911. 
Gallinula tenebrosa Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxiii., March 1st, 1846 : South Australia. 
Gallinula tenebrosa magnirostris Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 195, Jan. 31st, 1912: Guilford, West 
Australia. 
Gallinula tenebrosa subfrontata Mathews, ib. : Richmond River, New South Wales. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South and West Australia. Not Tasmania. 
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