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RALLID^. 
Leicinia Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen, Birds, p. 120, (Oct.) 1855 (ex Reichb. and 
Pr. B(onaparte), MS.). Type (by monotypy): R. lewinii Swainson =Rallus 
pectoralis Tomminck et Laugier. 
Donatio* Heine und Reichenow, Nomencl. Mns. Hein.p. 321 (prof. Sept.), 1890 : 
new name for Leicinia Gray. 
Rallus pectoralis Temminck. 
Distr. —Australia, New Guinea, and Flores. 
Rallus pectoralis pectoralis Tomminck. (23-37.) 
It'.alius pectoralis Temminck, Planch. Color. d’Ois. livr. lxxxviii. 
(vol. v. opp. pi. 523), May 14th, 1831: New South Wales. (Fig. 
Gould, Austr. 6, pi. 77; Math. pi. 46.) 
Distr. —South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South 
Australia. 
Rallus pectoralis brachipus Swainson. (23- 3G.) 
Rallus brachipus Swainson, Anim. in Menag., Dec. 31st, 1837, p. 336 : 
Tasmania. 
Rallus lewinii Swainson, id.: Tasmania. 
Distr . — Tasman ia. 
Rallus pectoralis clelandi Mathews. 
Rallus pectoralis clelandi Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. i. p. 189, 
Aug. 9th, 1911 : West Australia. 
Distr. —South-West Australia. 
Rallus pectoralis alberti (R. & H.). 
Hypotcenidia hr a c hyp us alberti Rothschild & Hartert, Nov. Zool. 
vol. xiv. 1907, p. 451: Angabunga River, New Guinea. 
Distr, —-New Guinea. 
Rallus pectoralis exsul (Hart.). 
Hypotcenidia brachipus exsul Hartert, Nov. Zool. vol. v. p. 50,1898 : 
Flores. 
Distr. —F lores. 
Genus HYPORALLUS I. & M. 
Hyp or all us I redale Mathews, Bull. Brit. Urn. Club, vol. xlvi. 
p. 76. Feb. 25th, 1926. Type (by original designation) : Rallus 
muelleri Rothsch. 
Hyporallus muelleri (Rothschild). 
Rallus muelleri Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. i. p. xl, 
May 1st, 1893: Auckland Islands. (Fig. Proc. iv., Jnt. Orn. 
Congr. 1907, pi. vii.) 
Distr. —Auckland Islands (extinct). 
