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APPENDIX* 
Huttonena modesta (Hutton). (23-331.) 
Chatham Island Little Rail. 
The date of Rallus ecaudata is 1783, not 1873*. 
P. 83. Read Hypotaenidia torquatus kuehni Rothschild, 
a subspecies of Hypotwnidia torquatus (L) : Rallus torquatus 
Linn6, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. vol. i. p. 262, 1766 : Philippines. 
P. 84. Add as synonym of Tricholimnas Sharpe : 
Sylvestromis Mathews, Birds Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, p. 4, 
Oct. 16th, 1928. Typo (by monotypy) : Ocydromus aylveatris 
Sclater. 
Tricholimnas conditicius Peters & Griscom. 
The Petcom Rail. 
Tricholimnas conditidus Peters & Griscom, Proc. New Engl. 
Zo3l. Club, vol. x. p. 102, Dec. 31st, 1928: Apaiang, 
Gilbert Islands. 
Distr. — Gilbert Islands. 
P. 91. The date of affinis Gray is pt. ix. (ii. of Birds) p. 14, June, 1845. 
P. 99. Add to the synonymy of Porphyrio Brisson : 
Kentrophorina Mathews, Birds Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, p. 6, 
Oct. 16th, 1928. Type (by monotypy): Fulica alba White. 
P. 102, line-3 10 and 11. If there is only one species, the specific name 
must be oyanophalus , as that comes before colons on p. 28. 
P. 102. To the synonymy of Porphyrio dibus (White) add : 
Porphyrio raperi Mathews, Birds Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, 
p. 6, Oct. 16th, 1928 : Lord Howe Island. 
P. 103. Read 
Family POIUCEPIM:. 
P. 105. Poliocephalus ruficollis vulcanorum (Ronsch). 
Podiceps ruficollis vulcanorum Rensch, Journ. f. Orn. Bd. ii. 
(Festschrift), p. 205, Nov. 1929 : Lombok. 
Distr. —Alor and Lombok Islands. 
P. 108. For Nesofregetta amphitrite read : 
Nesofregetta albigularis (Finsch). 
amphitrite is a nude name at the quotation given. 
* Rallus pacificus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. 717, April 20th, 1789 : 
Tahiti. (Pig- Rothschild, Extinct Birds, pi. 26, 1907): founded on the Pacific 
Rail of Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, vol. iii. pt. i. (vol. 5) 1785 ; Forster, ed. 
Licht. p. 177, 1844. Distr. — -Tahiti (extinct).) This bird differs from the typo of 
Hypotcenidia in having a larger, thinner bill, and in having the middle toe shorter 
than the tarsus. It can be put in the new genus Tahitomis. 
