GOURID M .—RALLID2E. 
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Goura victoria beccarii Salvad. (21-625.) 
Goura beccarii Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. viii. p. 405,1876: 
Humboldt Bay, Now Guinea. 
Distr .—New Guinea (Northern). 
Goura victoria huonensis Meyer. 
Goura beccarii huonensis Meyer, Orn. Monatsb. 1893, p. 65: Huon 
Gulf, New Guinea. 
Distr. —North-East New Guinea (Huon Gulf). 
Genus MICROGOURA Rothsch. 
Microgoura Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xiv. p. 77, 1904. 
Type (by original designation) : Microgoura meeki Rothschild. 
Microgoura meeki Rothsch. 
Microgoura meelci Rothschild, ib. p. 78: Choiseul Island, Solomon 
Islands. (Fig. Nov. Zool. xi. pi. 21.) 
Distr .—Solomon Is’nnds (Choiseul Island). 
Family DIDTJNCTJ-LIIXffi. 
Genus DIDUNCULUS Peale. 
Didunculus Peale, U.S. Explor. Exped. vol. viii. p. 208, 1848. Type 
(by monotypy) : Didunculus strigirostris Peale. 
Didunculus strigirostris Jardine. (21-626.) 
Gnathodon strigirostris Jardine, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xvi. 
p. l/o, pi. 9, 1845 : Australia, ? error=Samoa. (Eig. Cassin, 
pi. 34; Gould, Austr. v. pi. 76; Gray, Gen. Birds, pi. 120*.) 
Didunculus Strigirostris Peale, U.S. Explor. Exped. p. 209, 1848: Upolu, 
Samoa Islands. 
Distr. —Samoa. 
Older RALLIFORMES. 
Family RALLID/E. 
Genus RALLUS Linne. 
Radius Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 153, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (by 
subsequent designation, Fleming, Mem. Werner. Soc. vol. lii. 
p. 176, 1821): Rallus aquaficus L'mne, 
