LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
OoZumta po|«ig*^BenniSpec. Nat. Hiat. Auatr. Mus., p. 42, 1837. after July 20th. New name for 
uJntZorH Mathews. Nov. Zool., Vol. NVUI.. p. 191. .Tan. 3tet. 1912; East Murchison, mid- 
Ocyphaps lophotes stalkeri Mathews, ib. : Alexandra, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
XXXVIII. Genus LEUCOSARCIA. 
Leucosarcia Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xiii., Dec. 1st, 1843. 
melanoleuca Latham. 
Type (by monotypy): C. picata Latham = C. 
42. LEUCOSARCIA MELANOLEUCA. WONGA-WONGA. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 63 (pt. xiii.), Dec. 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 3, pi. 46, April 29th. 191.1 
Columba melanolcuca Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. lk„ 1801, after May: Sydney, New South Wales. 
Columba picata Latham, ib .; same locality. 
Columba armillaris Temminck et Knip, Les Pigeons, Vol. II.. p. 13, pi. VI., 1811 fT 1807): New South Wales. 
Columba goadgang Temminck, Les Pigeons et Gall., Vol. I., p. 309, June 11th, 1813: Now South Wales. 
" Columba ** iamiefon Quoy et Gnimnrd, Voy. do l’Uranie et Physio., Zool., p. 123 note. Aug. 28th 1824 • New 
South Wales. ® * 
Uucosarcia melanoleuca minor Mathews, Austral Av. Roe.. Vol. m., pt, 3,p. 64. April 7th, 1910 : North Queensland. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria. 
Order RALLIFORMES. 
Family RALLIDaE. 
XXXIX. Genus RALLUS. 
Rallus Linn6, Syst. Nat. 10th ed., p. 153, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (bysubsequent designation, Fleming,Mem. Werner. 
Soc., Vol. III., p. 170, 1821): Rallus aquaticus Linno. 
Lernnia Gray, Cot. Gon. Subgen. Birds, p. 120, (Oct.) 1855 (ex Reichb. and Pr. B(onaparte), MS.). Type (by 
monotypy) : R. Icurinii Swainson = Rail tis pectoral is Temminck et Laugier. 
Donacias Heine und Reiclienow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein., p. 321 (pref. Sept.), 1890. New name for Lewinia Gray. 
43. RALLUS PECTORALIS. SLATE-BREASTED RAIL. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 77 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 46, Aug. 9th, 
1911. 
Rallus pectoraiis Temminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d'Ois., 88e livr. (Vol. V., opp. pi. 523), May 14th, 1831, 
New South Wales. 
Rallus brachipus Swainson, Anim. in Menag., Dec. 31st, 1837, p. 336: Tasmania. 
Rallus lewinii, Swainson, ib. 
Rallus pectoraiis clelandi Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 189, Aug. 9th. 1911 : West Australia. 
Distribution. South Queensland. New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and South-west 
Australia. 
XL. Genus H YPOTJENIDIA. 
Hypotaenidia Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xxm., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation): Rallus 
pectoraiis Gould (not Temminck) = Hypotamidia australis Pelzeln. 
44. HYPOTiENIDIA PHILIPPENSIS. BUFF-BANDED RAIL. 
[Rallus philippensis Linn6, Syst. Nat. 12th ed., Vol. I., p. 263, (pref. May 24th) 1766: Philippine Islands. 
Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 76 (pt. xxiv.), Sept. 1st, 1846. 
1911. 
Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 47, Aug. 9th, 
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