42. THRIPONAX. 497 



42. THRIPONAX. 



Type. 



Thriponax, Cab. ^ Heme, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 105 (1863) . . T. javensis. 



Range. Burmese Provinces, Siam and Cochin China ; through the 

 Malayan Peninsula into Sumatra, Eangka, Java, Borneo, and the 

 Philippines ; north into Corea and the island of Tzus Sima. To the 

 westward, occurring in the southern part of India and in the 

 Andaman Islands. 



Key to the Species. 



A. With red on the head. 



a' . With no white on the upper parts. 



a" . With more or less white on the underparts. 



«'". Chest and upper breast black ; throat 



• and fore neck black, striped with white. 



a*. Top of the head, crest, and malar 



stripe red javensis ^ ad., p. 499. 



6*. Crest (only) red ; no red malar stripe, javensis $ ad., p. 499. 

 b'" . Chest-feathers with black centres and 

 broad white margins ; throat and fore 

 neck white, striped with black, 

 c^. Top of the head, crest, and malar 



stripe red pectoralis cS ad., p. 500. 



d^. Crest (only) red; no red malar stripe i)ectoralis^&di.,\>. 501. 

 c'". Breast having a lunulate patch of slate- 

 colour, with small dark waves ; top of 

 the head and crest red ; no red malar 



stripe crawfurdi, p. 501. 



h". With no white on the underparts. 



d'" . Top of the head, crest, and malar stripe 



red hodyii c? ad., p. 502. 



e". Crest (only) red ; no red malar stripe. . hodgii 9 ad., p. 502. 

 h' . With white on the upper parts. 



c" . With a belt of white across the middle of 



the underparts; throat and fore neck 



uniform black ; the primaries not tipped 



with white. 



/' '. Top of the head, crest, and malar 



stripe red hodgsoni S ad., p. 503. 



g'". Crest (only) red; no red malar stripe . hodgsoni $ ad., p. 503. 

 d". The white on the undeii^arts extending 

 from below the chest to the vent ; throat 

 varied with white ; outer primaries tipped 

 with white. 

 h'". Inner webs of the primaries, as well as 

 of the secondaries, white at the base 

 for a third (more or less) of their 

 length, 

 e'. Outer primai'ies with only a small 

 apical spot of white. 

 a". Top of the head, crest, and malar 



stiipe red feddeni S ad., p. 504. 



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