42. THRIPONAX. 501 



feathers of the chest very broadly margined with creamy white, 

 the centres alone being black, which produces a squamate appear- 

 ance ; some of the breast-feathers are striped with black ; the under 

 wing-coverts are similar to those of Th. javensis, but the black edge 

 of the wing is covered with rounded spots of white. Total length 

 16-5 inches, culmen 1-9, wing 7-9, tail 6-05, tarsus 1-35; toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 1-1, outer posterior 0-95, inner 

 anterior 0-82, inner posterior 0-53. 



Yoxmci male. Differs from the adult of the same sex in having the 

 white of the throat and fore neck duller, and the striations less 

 intense black ; the feathers of the malar region white, with dusky 

 bases, a few assuming the red tips. 



Adult female. Has the forehead and crown black ; the malar 

 region white striped with black. In other respects like the adult 

 male. Total length 16-5 inches, culmen 1-9, wing 7"8o, tail 0-G5, 

 tarsus 1-35. 



Bah. The islands of Leyte and Panaon, Philippine group. 



«, 6. d $ ad. sk. South Leyte, Philippines, Sept. Tweeddale Coll. 



1877 (a. H. Everett). (Types of species.) 



c. S juv. sk. Leyte, July 1877 {A. II. Ever- Tweeddale Coll. 



ett). 



d. cS ad. sk. Panaon, Oct. 1877 {A. H. Ever- Tweeddale Coll. 



ett). 



3. Thriponax crawfurdi. 



Picus crawfurdii, Gray in Griffitli's Cuv. Anim. Kingd., Birdie, ii. 



p. 513, fig. (1829). 

 Dryopicus leucogaster (pt.), Malh. FieidcB, i. p. 47 (1861). 

 Thriponax javensis (pt.), Cah. Sj- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 105 



(1803). 

 Ileniilophiis javensis (pt.), Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 85 



(1808). 

 Picus leucogaster (pt.), Giebel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 162 (1870). 

 Thriponax crawfurdi, Hu7ne, Str. F. 1879, pp. 87 and 409, 410 



(note) ; Haryitt, Ibis, 1885, p. 149. 



The following is the description given by Gray in Griffith's 

 edition of ' Cuvier's Animal Kingdom,' Birds, ii. p. 513 (1829), 

 along with a figure : — 



" Crawfurd's Woodpecker is from an Indian drawing brought to 

 this country by Mr. Crawfurd, jun. The whole upper part (except 

 the crest) is deep dark brown, sprinkled with grey on the sides of 

 the neck ; across the breast is a large lunule patch of slate-colour, 

 with small dark waves : the belly is yellow, with the like crescent- 

 shaped spots, and the crest is deep red." 



The present species is only known from Gray's description, and 

 the figure (above referred to) which was taken from nature by an 

 Indian artist for Mr. Crawfurd, jun. Many authors have con- 

 founded Th. craivfnrdi -with Th. javensis, and also with Th.feddeni; 

 but as the bird described and figured by Gray is evidently a male, 



