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RALLIDjE. 
Microtribonyx ventralis ventralis (Gould). (23-165.) 
Gallinula ventralis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1836, p. 85, 
Jan. I6tli, 1837 : Swan River, West Australia. (Fig- Gould, Austr. 
vi. pi. 72: Math. pi. 56.) 
Distr . —South-West Australia. 
Microtribonyx ventralis whitei (Mathews). 
Trihonyx ventralis ichitei Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 194, 
Jan. 31st, 1912: Nevertire, N.W. New South Wales. 
Distr .—New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. 
Microtribonyx ventralis territorii (Mathews). 
Trihonyx ventralis territorii Mathews, ib. p. 195: Alexandra, 
Northern Territory. 
Distr . —Northern Australia. 
Genus PAREUDIASTES H. & F. 
Pareudiastes Hartlaub & Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1871, p. 25. 
Type (by raonotypy) : P. pacijicus ib. 
Pareudiastes pacificus H. & F. (23-166.) 
Pareudiastes pacijicus Hartlaub & Finsch, ib. pi. 2: Samoa. 
Distr. —Samoan Islands (extinct?). 
Genus GALLINULA Brisson. 
Gallinula Brisson, Ornith. vol. i. p. 50, vol. vi. p. 2, 1760. Type 
(by tautonymy): Gallinula—Fulien chloropus Linne. 
Hydrogallina Lacepede, Tubl. Ois. p. 19, December 1799. Species added by 
Daudin in Hist. Nat. (Buffon), ed. Didot Quadr. vol. xiv. p. 336 [1799] = (Oct.) 
1802. Type (by subsequent designation), Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
vol. xxiii. p. 167, 1899): F. chloropus Linne. 
Stagnicola, Brehm, Vogel Doutsehl. p. 702, 1831 (pref. July). Type (by subse¬ 
quent designation, Salvadori, Pap. e Mol. vol. iii. p. 279,1882): F. chloropus. 
Gallinula tenebrosa Gould. 
Distr .—Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South and 
West Australia (not Tasmania). 
Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa Gould. (23-168.) 
Gallinula lenehrosa Gould, Birds Austr. pt. xxiii., March 1st, 1846: 
South Australia. 
Gallinula hwinatojms Bonaparte, Compt. Rond. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. xliii. p. 600, 
Sept. 22nd, 1856 : as synonym of tenebrosa. 
Distr .—Southern New Sonth Wales, Victoria, and South 
Australia. 
