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RALLID^E. 
Hypotamidia jouyi Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. yol. ix. p. 362, 1886: 
Shanghai. 
Distr, —Philippines and Celebes to China and India. 
Hypotaenidia owstoni Rothsch. 
Hypotcenidia owstoni Rothschild, Nov. Zool. vol. ii. p. 481, 1895 : 
Guam, Marianne Islands. 
Hypotamidia marchei Oustalet, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 3rd ser. 
vol. viii. 1896, p. 32 : Marianne Islands. 
Distr .—Guam, Marianne Islands. 
Genus NESOLIMNAS And rews. 
Nesolimnas Andrews, Nov. Zool. vol. iii. p. 200, Dec. 20th, 189G. 
Type (by monotypy) : Radius dieffenbachii Gray. 
Nesolimnas dieffenbachii (Gray). (23-47.) 
Rallus dieffenbachii Gray, in Dieffenbach’s Travels in New Zealand, 
vol. ii. p. 197, mid-Jan. 1843 : Chatham Islands. (Fig. Ereb. & 
Terr. pi. 15 ; Buller, 1st ed. pi. 20, and Rothsch. Extinct Birds, 
pi. 27.) 
Distr. —Formerly Chatham Islands (now extinct). Unique 
example in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 
Genus TRICHOLIMNAS Sharpe. 
Tricholimnas Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. i. p. xxxviii, Jan. 2Gth, 
1893. Type (by original designation; : Qallirallus lafres¬ 
nayanus Verreaux et Dos Murs. 
Tricholimnas sylvestris (Sclater). (23-48.) 
Ocydromus sylvestris Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. bond. 1809, p. 472, 
pi. 35, April 1st, 1870: Lord Ilowe Island. 
Distr . — Lord Howe Island. 
Tricholimnas lafresnayanus (Verr. et des Murs). (23-51.) 
Qallirallus lafresnayanus Verreaux et des Murs, Rev. et Mag. de 
Zool. 1800, p. 437 : New Caledonia. (Fig. Cr. Curacjoa, pi. 21.) 
Distr. — New Caledonia. 
Genus EULABEORNIS Gould. 
Eulabeornis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1844, p. 50, Sept. Type 
(by monotypy) : E, caslaveoventris Gould. ’ ’ 
Eulabeornis castaneoventris Gould. 
Distr .—North Queensland, Northern Territory, North-West 
Australia, and Am Islands (mangroves only). 
