RALLIDiE. 
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Genus CABALUS Hutton. 
Cabalus Hutton, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. vol. vi. p. 108, June 1874. 
Type (by original designation) : Rallus modest us Hutton. 
Cabalus modestus (Hutton). (23-331.) 
Rallus modestus Hutton, This, July 1872, p. 247: Chatham Islands. 
(Fig. Cat. Birds, xxiii. pi. 6; Buller, Suppl. pi. 3; and Bothsch. 
Ext. Bds. pi. 28.) 
Ocydromus pygmmus Forbes, Ibis, Oct. 1893, p. 544, n. n. 
Distr .—Chatham Islands. 
Genus HYPOTAENIDIA Reichenbach. 
Hypotcenidia Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vog. p. xxiii, 1852 (1853). 
Type (by original designation) : Rallus pectoral is Gould (not 
Temminck ) = ilypot<enidia australis Pelzeln. 
Hypotaenidia philippensis (Linne). 
Distr. —Australia generally, Tasmania, New Zealand (both 
Blinds, breeding), Macquarie Islands (breeding), Islands of 
the Pacific, Celebes, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands, and 
Cocos Keeling. 
[Hypotaenidia philippensis philippensis (Linne). (23-39.) 
Rallus philippensis I/mn6, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. vol. i. p. 263 (pref. 
May 24th, 1766: Philippine Islands. Extra-limital.] 
Distr .—Philippine and adjacent Islands. 
Hypotaenidia philippensis australis Pelzeln. 
Iftfpot an idia australis Pelzeln, Ibis, Jan. 1873, p. 42 : New South 
Wales. (Fig. Gould, Austr. vii. pi. 76; Math. pi. 47.) 
Distr. —South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tas¬ 
mania, and Si uth Australia. 
Hypotaenidia philippensis mellori (Mathews). 
Enlabeornis philippensis mellori Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. 
p. 132, Jan. 31st, 1912: Sandy Hook Island, South-West 
Australia. 
Distr. —South-West Australia. 
Hypotaenidia philippensis yorki (Mathews). 
Eulaheornis philippensis y or lei Mathews, Austral Av. Bee. vol. ii. 
p. 6, Aug. 2nd, 1913 : Cape York, North Queensland. 
Distr .—North Queensland. 
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