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Marianornis varia novaecaledoniae (O.-G.). 
Turnix novacaledonia ? Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1889, p. 599, name for 
bird described on p. 474 : New Caledonia. 
Distr .—New Caledonia. 
Sub-Gen us AUSTROTURNIX Mathews. 
Ausfroturnix Mathews, Austral Av. Ilec. vol. i. p. 195, 1918. Type 
(by original designation) : Hemipodius castanotus Gould. 
Austroturnix castanota (Gould). 
Didr. —North-West Australia and Northern Territory. 
Austroturnix castanota castanota (Gould). (22-552.) 
Hemipodius castanotus Gould, Proe. Zool. Soe. Lond. 1889, p. 145, 
1840 : Port Essington, Northern Territory. (Fig. Gould, Austr. v. 
pi. 8; Math. pi. 16.) 
Turnix castanota melvillensis Mathews, Austral Ay. Rec. vol. i. p. 27, 1912: 
Melville Island. 
Turnix castanota alligator Mathews, ib.: South Alligator River, Northern 
Territory. (Fig. Math. pi. 10.) 
Distr. —Northern Territory. 
Austroturnix castanota magnifica (Mathews). 
Turnix castanota magnifica Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 181, 
1912 : East Kimberley, North-West Australia. 
Distr. —North-West Australia. 
Austroturnix olivii (Robinson). 
Turnix olivii Robinson, Bull. Brit. Orith. Club, vol. x. p. 48, 1900: 
Cooktown, Queensland. (Fig. Math. pi. 17, and Emu, xxii. pi. 1.) 
Austroturnix olivii coenensis Mathews, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, vol. 43, p. 14, 
1922 : Coon, North Queensland. 
Distr .—North Queensland. 
Sub-Genus COLCLOUGHIA Mathews. 
Cold ought a Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. ii. p. 112, 1914. Type 
(by original designation) : Hemipodius melanogaster Gould. 
Colcloughia melanogaster (Gould). (22-550.) 
Hemipodius melanogaster Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. ii. pi. (81), 
1887: New South Wales = Moreton Bay, Queensland. (Fig. 
Gould, Austr. v. pi. 81; Math. pi. 14.) 
Colcloughia melanogaster goieeri Mathews, Austral Av. Rec, vol. iii. p. 53, 191G : 
Gowrio Creek, Rockingham Bay, Queensland. 
Distr. —Queensland, New South Wales. 
