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RALLIDiE. 
Genus RALLICULA Schleg. 
Rallicula Schlegel, Tijdschr. Dierk. vol. iv. p. 55, 1871. Type (bj 
monotypy) : R> rubra ib. 
Rallicula rubra Schleg. (23-123, 336.) 
Rallicula rubra Schlegel, Tijdschr. Dierk. vol. iv. p. 55, 1871: Arfak 
Mis. (Fig. P. Z. S. 1885, pi. 39.) 
Distr .—New Gu nea (Arfak Mts.) (N.W.). 
Rallicula leucospila (Salvad.). (23-124.) 
Corethrura (?) leucospila Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. vii. 
p. 975, 1875: Arfak Mts. 
Distr. — New Guinea (Arfak Mts.) (N.W.). 
Rallicula forbesi Sharpe. (23-124.) 
Rallicula forbesi Sharpe, in Gould’s Birds New Guinea, vol. v. pi. 70, 
1887 : Owen Stanley Mts. (Fig. Gould, N. G. v. pi. 70.) 
Distr . — New Guinea (S.E.). 
Rallicula klossi O.-G. 
Rallicula klossi Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xxxi. 
p. 104, 1913: Utakwa River. (Fig. Ibis, Suppl. 1915, pi. 7.) 
Distr. —New Guinea (S.W.). 
Genus POLIOLIMNAS Sharpe. 
Poliolimnas Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. i. p. xxviii, Jan. 26th, 
1893. Type (by original designation) : Porphyria cincreus Vieillot. 
Poliolimnas cinereus Vieillot. 
Distr .—Northern Australia, New Guinea, and Pacific Islands 
Celel )es, Malay Archipelago to the Philippines. Moluccas to 
Pelew, Marianne, and Caroline Islands. 
[Poliolimnas cinereus cinereus (Vioill.). (23-130-337.) 
Porphyrio cincreus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. vol. xxviii. 
p; 29, 1819, early: loc. unknown, restricted to Java. Extra- 
limital.l 
Distr. —Java, Sumatra, and Malay Peninsula. 
Poliolimnas cinereus leucophrys (Gould). 
Porzana leucophrys Gould, Proc. Zool Soc. Lond. 1847, p. 33, 
Apr. 27th: Port Essington, Northern Territory. (Fig. Gould' 
Austr. vi. pi. 81, and Math. pi. 54.) 
