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Porzana cinerea parryi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 73, June 28th, 
1912 : Parry’s Creek, North-West Australia. (Fig. Math. pi. 54.) 
Distr .—Northern Australia. 
Poliolimnas cinereus tannensis (Forster). 
Rallus tannensis Forster, Descr. Anim. ed. Licht. p. 275 1844: 
Tanna. 
Distr .—Fiji and Samoa. 
Poliolimnas cinereus ingrami Brasil. 
Poliolimnas cinereus ingrami Brasil, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 
vol. xxiii. 1917, p. 437: NeAv Caledonia. 
Distr. — New Caledonia. 
Poliolimnas cinereus moluccanus Math. 
Poliolimnas cinereus moluccanus Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 
vol. xlvi. p. GO, 1912 : Little Key Islands. 
Distr . — Moluccas and Lesser Sunda Islands. 
Poliolimnas cinereus meeki (Hart.). 
Porzana cinerea meeki Hartert, Nov. Zool. vol. xxxi. p. 2G3 1924: 
St. Matthias Island. 
Distr.— St. Matthias Island and New Ireland (Di-mark Arch.). 
Poliolimnas cinereus collingwoodi Math. 
Poliolimnas cinereus collingwoodi Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 
vol. xlvi. p. GO, 1925 : new name for the following (preoccupied). 
(Fig. Birds Micron, pi. 4. fig. 4.) 
Porzana cinereus ocularis Ingram, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xxix. p. 22, 1911 : 
Philippine Archipelago. 
Distr .—Philippines to Celebes. Pelew, Marianne, and Caroline 
Islands. 
Poliolimas cinereus minimus (Schlegel). 
Erythra cinerea minima Sohelel, Mus. Pays Bas, Ralli y p. 34, Apr. 
1865 (ex Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol! xliii! 
)). GOO, 185G, n. n.) ♦ Outanafa, S.W. New Guinea. 
Distr .—New Guinea. 
Genus AMAURORNIS Reich. 
Amaurornis Reichenbaeh, Nat. Syst. Y8g. p. xxi, 1852 (1853) 
Type (by original designation): Gallinula olivacea Meyen. 
Amaurornis ruficrissa (Gould). (23-153.) 
Gallinula ruficrissa Gould, Birds Austr., Suppl. pt. v. (pi. 79), ISO!), 
Aug. 1st: Cape River, Queensland. (Fig. Gould, Suppl. pi. 79j 
Math. pi. 58.) 6 “ 1 
