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RALLIDiE. 
Gallinula moluccana yorki Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 194, March 20th, 
191.3 : Capo York, Queensland. 
Distr. —North Queensland, Northern Territory. 
Amaurornis moluccanus (Wall.). (25-153.) 
Porzana moluccana Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1865, p. 480 : 
Amboyna. 
Gallinula frankii Schlegel, Notes Leyden Mus. vol. i. p. 163,1879 : New Guinea. 
Distr. — New Guinea, Moluccas, New Britain, Duke of \ oik 
Islands. 
Amaurornis phcenicurus (Pennant). 
Distr. —Ceylon, China to Java, Sumatra, and Celebes. 
Amaurornis phcenicurus phcenicurus (Pennant). (23-156.) 
Gallinula plimnicurus Pennant, Ind. Zool. pi. 10, 1709 : Ceylon. 
(Fig. Gould, Asia, vii. pi. 07.) 
Fuliea clmiensis Boddaert, Tabl. Planch., Enlum. p. 54, 1783 : China. 
Gallinula eryfhrura Beehstein, Furze Uebers. Vbg. p. 471, 1811 •: Ceylon. 
Gallinula javanica Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. xiii. pt. i. p. 196,1821 : Java. 
Rallus sumatranvs Raffles, ib. pt. ii. pp. 70, 328, 1822 : Sumatra. 
Zapornia thermophila Gray, Cat. Birds Nepal, pres. Hodgson, B.M. p. 143, 1846 ; 
as synonym of phamicura. 
Distr. — Ceylon, China to Java and Sumatra. 
Amaurornis phcenicurus leucomelanus (Mull.). 
Gallinula leucomelana S. Muller, Verh. Nat. Gescli. Land en Volk, 
p. 158, 1842: Timor. 
Erythra major Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. xliii. p. 600, 1856 
(now name for leucomelana Muller). 
Distr. —Timor to Celebes. 
Genus PORZANULA Froh. 
Porzanula Frohawk, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1892, p. 247. Type 
(by monotypy) : P. jpalmeri ib. 
Porzanula palmeri Froh. (23-133.) 
Porzanula palmeri Frohawk, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1892, p. 247 : 
Laysan. (Fig. Av. Lays. pi. 12.) 
Distr .—Laysan Island, Hawaiian islands. Introduced on Mid¬ 
way Island. 
Genus LIMNOBiENUS Sund. 
Ltmnobcenus Sundevall, Av. Meth. Nat. Tent. p. 130, 1872. Type 
(by subsequent designation, Sharpe, Cat. Birds, vol. xxiii. p. 145, 
1894) : Palins fuscus L, 
