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DURING the course of the preparation of a review of the extinct birds of New Zealand and the Chatham Islands, it was discovered that a discrepancy of spelling occurred in the generic name assigned to the extinct New Zealand gallinule found in Pleistocene to Recent sites in New Zealand. Since reference has already been made by me in papers now in the press to this bird from deposits previously described1–3, I now consider myself the “First Subsequent User” of the name, and it seems desirable that the situation regarding the proper use of this name should be made clear.
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DAWSON, E. The Generic Name of the Extinct New Zealand Gallinule. Nature 179, 1307–1308 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791307b0
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