RALLIDiE. 
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Gallirallus australis (Sparrman). 
Distr. — New Zealand (both islands, breeding) ; Stewart Island 
(breeding); Macquarie Island (introduced). 
Gallirallus australis australis (Sparrman). (23-64-66.) 
Rallus australis Sparrman, Museum Carlson, fasc. i. no. xiv. 1786: 
Dusky Sound, South Island. (Fig. Duller, 2nd ed. pi. 35 ; 
Ereb. & Terr. pi. 14.) 
Rallus troglodytes Gmolin, Syst. Nat, vol. i. p. 713, April 20th, 1789 : Dusky 
Sound. 
Ocydromus earli Gray, Ibis, July 1862, p. 238 : Dusky Sound. 
Distr . — New Zealand (South Island). 
Gallirallus australis greyi (Buller). (23-66.) 
Ocydromus greyi Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed., Nov. 1888, p. 105 : 
North Island. (Fig. Buller, 2nd ed. pi. 34.) 
Distr .—New Zealand (North Island). 
Gallirallus australis assimilis (Bullor). 
Ocydromus assimilis Buller, Guide New Zeal. Birds, Silver Coll. p. 44, 
1888 : soutlnnost part of South Island and Stewart Island. 
Ocydro7nn8 scotti Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xv., June 5th, 1905, p. 78: 
Stewart Island. 
Distr. —Stewart Island and south of South Island, New Zealand. 
Gallirallus brachypterus Lafresnaye. (23-67.) 
Gallirallus brachypterus Lafresnaye, llevue Zool. 1841, p. 243 
(after Aug.) ; Habitat? Dusky Sound, South Island. (Fig. 
-Buller, 2nd ed. pis. 34 & 35.) 
Gallirallus fuscus Du Bus, Esquisses Ornitk. livr. iii. 1847, pi. 2 : Dusky Sound. 
Ocydromus nigricans Buller, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. vol. i. p. Ill, May 1869: 
Dusky Sound. 
? Ocydromus finschi Hutton, ib. vol. vi. p. 110, June 1874 : South-Eastern Otago. 
Distr . — New Zealand (South-west Coast, South Island). 
Gallirallus townsoni Math. & Ired. 
Gallirallus townsoni Mathews & Iredale, Ibis, April 1914, p. 295, 
pi. xi.: West coast of South Island, New Zealand. 
Distr.— New Zealand (South Island). 
Gallirallus hectori (Hutton). 
Distr. —New Zealand (South Island). 
Gallirallus hectori hectori (Hutton). 
Ocydromus hectori Hutton, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. vol. vi., June 1874, 
p. 110: Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand (Alpine form). 
Distr .—New Zealand (South Island) (Alpine form) 
