Recently published Ornithological Works . 765 
of Tribonyx , and Eulabeornis castaneiventris. The full life- 
history of the last of these species is now brought to light by 
Mr. J. P. Rogers, collecting for Mr. Mathews. 
The author draws attention to the fact that Rallus feather- 
stoni of Buller from New Zealand was at once pronounced 
by Hutton to be the British Land-Rail, and that a specimen 
has since been procured in Australia ; he has also unearthed 
TemminclCs original description of Rallus pectoralis, which 
specific name takes precedence of R. brachypus of Swainson. 
Neither of these facts appears in the 6 Catalogue of Birds in 
the British Museum 9 (vol. xxiii.). Moreover, the discovery 
that the form from Western Australia should be separated 
as R. p. clelandi has led Mr. Mathews to the conclusion 
that the bird should be placed in the genus Rallus and 
not Hypotcenidia. This has necessitated the cancelling of 
pp. 183-4. 
The genera Poliolimnas and Microtribonyx of Sharpe are 
given up, while Amaurornis is no longer separated from 
Gallinula —all decided changes for the better, as the 
characteristics are not truly generic. 
Eulabeornis [Hypotcenidia) philippensis is now divided into 
no less than twelve subspecies, of which seven are new; 
other new subspecies proposed by Mr. Mathews are E. tricolor 
robinsoni and E. tricolor grayi, while Porzana palustris 
and P. plumbea are to stand as P. pusilla palustris and 
P. plumbea immaculata. Reference should also be made to 
the preceding Notice (Ibis, 1911, p. 570). 
96. Mathews on Two new Australian Birds. 
[Two new Australian Birds. By Gregory M. Mathews. Nov. Zool. 
xviii. p. 22.] 
The new birds described are subspecies, Geryone albigu - 
laris rogersi from Derby, N.W. Australia, and Alisterus 
cyanopygius minor from Cairns, North Queensland. The 
eggs of the former and of Poephila personata belchcri are 
described. 
