RALLIDjE. 
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Zapomia umbrina Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philad. vol. viii. p. 254, 1856 : Fiji. 
Zapornia umbrala Hartlaub, Archiv fur Nature. (Wiegm.) 1858, p. 28, error 
for umbrina. 
Distr .— Fiji. 
Genus NESOPHYLAX Murphy. 
Nesophylax Murphy, Ainer. Mus. Novit. No. 124, p. 5, 1924. Type 
(by original designation) : Porzana aim North. 
Nesophylax ater (North). 
Porzana atra North, Keo. Austr. Mus. vol. vi. No. 1, p. 31, 1908 : 
Henderson Island. 
Porzana murrayi Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B.O.C. vol. xxxi. p. 61, 1913 : Henderson 
Island. 
Distr . — Henderson Island (Paumotu Group). 
Genus PENNULA Dole. 
Pomnia Dole, Hawaiian Almanac, 1879, p. 14 (Ibis, 1880, p. 241). 
Type (by monotypy): P. mi/lei ib. 
Pennula millei Dole. (23-114.) 
Pennula millei Dole, Hawaiian Almanac, 1879, p. 14: Hawaii. 
(Fig. Av. Lays. pi. 76, and Rothsch. Ext. Birds, pi. 26.) 
Spelt milUi Rothschild, Av. Laysan, p. 241, 1900. 
[Rallus ecaudatus King in Cook’s Voyage Pacific Ocean, vol. iii. p. 119, 1784 
(rf. Cat. Birds, xxiii. p. 114). The bird figured by Miller, cf. Cim. Phys. pi. 47, 
has nothing to do with this bird.] 
Distr . — Sandwich Islands (extinct), Hawaii. 
. Pennula sandwichensis (Gm.). (23-336.) 
Rallus sandwichensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 717, 1789: 
Sandwich Islands. (Fig. Av. Lays. pi. 76, and Rothsch. Ext. Bds! 
pi. 26.) 
Pennula wiUoni Finseb, Notes Leyden Mus. vol. xx. p. 77, 1898 : Sandwich 
Islands. 
Distr .— Sandwich Islands (extinct). 
Genus APHANOLIMNAS Sharpe. 
Alphanolimnas Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. i. p. xx, Dec. 31, 
JS92: new name for Kittlitzia Hartlaub, Abhandl. Nat. Ver. 
Bremen, vol. xii. p. 391, 1S92, not Kittlitzia Hartert, Kal 
Vogelsamml. Mus. Senckenb. p. 70, 1891. Type (by monotypy) : 
Rallus monasa Klllitz. 
Alphanolimnas monasa (Kittl.). (28-115, 336.) 
Rallus monasa Kittlitz, Denkw. Reis. russ. Ainerika, vol. ii. p. 30, 
1858: Kushai or Walan Island. 
Distr. —Caroline Islands. 
