LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
51. AMAURORNIS MOLUCCANUS. RUFOUS-TAILED MOORHEN. 
L Porzana moluccana Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Loud.), I860, p. 480, Oct. 1st: Amboyna. Extra-limitalJ 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 79 (pt. v.), August 1st, 1869. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 68, Aug. 9th, 1911. 
Gallinula ruflcrissa Gould, Birds Austr. Suppl., pt. v. (pi. 79), Aug. lBt, 1869, and Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser.IV., 
Vol. IV., p. 110, August 1st, 1869 : Cape River, Queensland. 
Gallinula moluccana yorhi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 8, p. 194, March 20th, 1913 : Cape York, Queens¬ 
land. 
Distribution. North Queensland, Northern Territory. 
XLVIII. Genus TBIBONYX. 
Tribonyx Du Bus, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Brux., Vol. VII., No. 4, April, p. 212, May 1840. Type (by monotypy); 
Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus. 
Brachyptrallus La Fresnaye, Revue Zool., August 1840, p. 231, September. Type (by monotypy): B.ralloides 
La Fres. — T. mortierii Du Bus. 
52. TRIBONYX MORTIERII. NATIVE HEN. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 71 (pt. xxxi.), June 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 55, Aug. 9th, 
1911. 
Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Brux., Vol. VII., No. 4, April, p. 214 and pi., May 1840 : Nouvelle 
Hollande = Tasmania. 
Brachyptrallus ralloides La Fresnaye, Revue Zool., Aug. 1840, p. 234, Sept. Tasmania. 
Tribonyx gouldi Sclater, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. III., Vol. XX., p. 123, Aug. 1st, 1867 : Tasmania. 
Distribution. Tasmania. 
XLIX. Genus MIC ROT RI BON YX. 
Microtribonyx Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Omith. Club, Vol. I., p. xxix., January’ 26th, 1893. Type (by original designa¬ 
tion) : Gallinula ventralis Gould. 
53. MICROTRIBONYX VENTRALIS. BLACK-TAILED WATER HEN. 
Gould, Vol. VI.. pi. 72 (pt. xx.), Sept. 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4. pi. 56, Aug. 9th, 
1911. 
Gallinula ventralis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Loud.), 1836, p. 85, Jan. lCth, 1837 : Swan River, West Australia. ‘ 
Tribonyx ventralis whitei Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVTII., p. 194, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Nevert.ire, New South Wales. 
Tribonyx ventralis territorii Mathews ib, p. 195 : Alexandra, Northern Territory'. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
L. Genus GALLINULA . 
Gallinula Brisson, Omith., Vol. L, p. 54, Vol. VI., p. 2, 1760. Ty’pe (by tautonymy): Gallinula = Fulica 
chloropus Lirrnb. 
Hydrogalhna Lacepede y Tabl.Ois., p. 19, December 1799, Species added by Daudin in Hist. Nat. (BufTon) ed. Didot 
Quadr., Vol. XIV., p. 336 [1799] = (Oct.) 1802. Typo (by subsequent designation): F. chloropus Linn6. 
Stagnicola Brehm, Vogel Doutschl., p. 702, 1831 (pref. July). Ty’pe (by subsequent designation): F. chloropus- 
54. GALLINULA TENEBROSA. BLACK MOORHEN. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 73 (pt, xxiii.), March 1st, 1S46. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 57, Aug. 9th, 
1911. .1.1.6 
Gallinula tenebrosa Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxiii., March 1st, 1846 : South Australia. 
Gallinula tenebrosa magnirostris Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIIT., p. 196, Jan. 31st, 1912: Guilford, West 
Australia. 
Gallinula tenebrosa subjrontata Mathews, ib. : Richmond River, New South Wales. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South and West Australia. Not Tasmania. 
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