EALLIDiE. 
97 
Litnnobsenus fuscus (L.). (2B-146-33B.) 
Rallus fuscus Linn6, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. vol. i. p. 2G2, 1766: 
Philippines. (Fig. PI. Col. pi. 357, andT. & S. Faun. Jap. pi. 78.) 
Rallus rubiginosus Temminck, Planck. Color. d’Ois. pi. 357, livr. lx. 1825 : Java. 
GalUnnla erythrothorax Temminck & Schlegel, Faun. Japon Aves r> 121 
pi. 78, 1849 : Japan. ’ 
Distr . — (Celebes. Extra-1 imital. 
Genus LIMNOCORAX Peters. 
Limnocorax Peters, ltev. Preuss. Akad. Wissenscli. Berlin, p. 187,1854. 
Type (by monotypy) : Rallus niger Gm., not Miller= Gallinula 
flavirostra Sw. 
Limnocorax flavirostra (Swainson). (23-150.) 
GalUnnla flavirostra Swainson, Birds West Africa, vol. ii. p. 244, 
pi. 28, 1837 : Senegal, West Africa. 
Rallus niger Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 717, 1789 (not Miller): Cape of Good 
Hope. 
Rallus sethwps Forster, Doscr. Anim. Ed. LicKt. p. 400, 1844: Cape of Good 
Hope. 
Gallinula aterrima Hcuglin, Journ. f. Om. 1868, p. 470: new name for flavi¬ 
rostra Sw. 
Distr. — ? North Celebes (one occurrence). Extra-limital. 
Genus TRIBONYX Du Bus. 
Tribonyx Du Bus, Bull. Acad. lloy. Sei. Brux. vol. vii. No. 4, p. 212, 
May 1840. Type (by monotypy) : Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus. ’ 
Brachyptrallus, La Frosnaye, Revue Zool., Aug. 1840, p. 231, Sept. Type (by 
monotypy): B. ralloides Lafresn. 
Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus. (23-164.) 
Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Brux. vol. vii. 
No. 4, p. 214, May 1840: Nouvelle Hollande, restricted to Tas¬ 
mania. (Pig. Gould, Austr. vi. pi. 71; Math. pi. 55.) 
Brachyptrallus ralloides Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., Sept. 1840, p. 234: Tasmania. 
Tribonyx gouldi Sclater, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. iii. vol. xx., Aug. 1st, 1867, 
p. 123 : Tasmania. 
Distr. —Tasmania. 
Genus MICROTRIBONYX Sliarpe. 
Microtribonyx Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. i. p. xxix, Jan. 26tli, 
1893. Type (by original designation) : Gallinula ventralis 
Gould. 
Microtribonyx ventralis (Gould). 
Distr.- Australia generally (not Tasmania). 
