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RALLI DJE. 
Porphyrio cyanophalus Vieill. (23-202.) 
Porphyrio cyanophalus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. vol. xxviii. 
p. 28, May 1819: loc. unknown = South-West Australia. (Fig* 
Gould, Austr. vi. pi. 70 Math. pi. 59.) 
Porphyrio bellus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1840, p. 170, July 1841 : South- 
West Australia. 
Porphyrio melanotus icoodicardi Matliowa, Austral Av. Bee. vol. i. p. 29, Apr. 2nd, 
1912: Monger’s Lake, South-West Australia. 
Distr. —South- West Australia. 
Some authors consider melanotus and cyanophalus subspecies of 
calvus, but there may be more than two species. 
Porphyrio albus (White). (23-208.) 
Fulica alia White, Journ. Vo y. New South Wales, p. 238, 1790, before 
Aug.: Lord Howe Island. (Fig. Ibis, 1873, pi. 10 (bad) ; Rothsch. 
Ext. Birds, pi. 33, and Math. Birds Austr. vol. i. p. 251 (head and 
leg)-) 
Distr .—Lord Howe Island (extinct). 
Genus MANTELLORNIS Math. 
Mantellornis Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. i. p. 249, Oct. 31st, 1911. 
Type (by original designation) : M. hochstetteri (Meyer). 
Mantellornis hochstetteri (Meyer). (23-208.) 
Notornis hochstetteri Meyer, Abbild. Yogel-Skelet., Lief. iv. & v. 1883, 
p. 28 : South Island, New Zealand. (Fig. Buller, 1st ed. pi. 22, 
2nd ed. pi. 32 ; Gould, Suppl. pi. 70 ; and Rothsch. Ext. B. pi. 34 ; 
Math. Birds Austr. vol. i. p. 253 (head and leg). 
Distr .—South-west Coast of South Island (New Zealand). 
Genus FULICA Limn}. 
Fulica Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 152. Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (by 
subsequent designation, Gray, p. 72, 1840) : Fulica aira Linne. 
Fulica atra Linne. 
Distr .—Europe and Asia to Australia. 
[Fulica atra atra Linne. (23-210.) 
Fulica atra Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 152, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Sweden, 
Europe. Extra-limital.] (Fig. Dresser, vol. vii. pi. 504.) 
Distr .—Europe, Asia, and Africa. 
Fulica atra australis Gould. (23 217.) 
Fulica australis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lund. 1845, p. 2, April: 
West Australia. (Fig. Gould, vi. pi. 74.) 
Fulica novmhollandise Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xliv. p. 70, March 31st, 
1924; as synonym of australis ex Gould, in Grey’s Two Earned. Austr. App 
1841. 
Distr .—South-West Australia. 
