502 picTD^ii:. 



the slate-coloured patch on the breast, as well as the absence of the 

 red malar stripe, clearly distinguish it from Th. jauensis, while 

 the black rump alone would show that it was not Th. feddi'iii. 

 Hah. Probably Ava *, Native Rurmah. 



4. Thriponax hodgii. 



MuUeripicus liodgei, Blylh, J. A. S. B. 1800, p. 105; Jenl. B. Ind. 



i. p. 285 (1862) ; Beavan, Ibi^, 1867, pp. 320, 334 ; Ball, J. A. S. B. 



xxxix. pt. 2, p. 241 (1870) ; id. op. cit. xli. pt. 2, p. 270 (1872) ; id. 



Sir. F. 1873, p. 63. 

 Thriponax hodgei, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 106 (1863) ; 

 Wald. His, 1873, p. 301 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1874, p. 189, 1870, 



p. 87 ; HargiU, His, 1885, p. 142. 

 Picus hodgei, Sunder. Consp. Av. Picin. p. 9 (1866). 

 Hemilophus liodgei, Grmj, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 86 (1868). 

 Cauipethera hodgei, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 194, no. 8710 (1870). 



Adult male. Forehead, crown, and elongated occipital crest 

 bright scarlet ; the malar stripe also scarlet, but duller in colour ; 

 the remainder of the plumage dull black ; shafts of quills and of 

 tail-feathers black. Total length 1.5 inches, culmen ] -87, wing 7*2, 

 tail 5'65, tarsus 1-3 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0*95, 

 outer posterior 0'85, inner anterior 0-72, inner posterior 0"4.5. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the forehead 

 and crown black, the occipital crest alone being scarlet, and also in 

 the absence of the red malar patch. Total length 15 inches, culmen 

 1-75, wing 7'2, tail 5*4, tarsus 1'2. 



Mr. Hume gives the soft parts of this species as follows : — " Legs, 

 feet, and claws blackish plumbeous ; bill black in some specimens, 

 but not in all, whitish and semitransparent at the tip ; irides 

 yellowish white to pale yellow." 



Hah. Confined to the Andaman Islands. 



a, b, c. (S P-d. et 

 imm. ; d~h. 5 

 ad.etimm. sk. 



i, k, I. 2 ad. sk. 



m., n, o. (S ad. et 



imm. ; p, q. 



2 imm. sk. 

 r. (S ad. ; s, t. 



2 ad. sk. 

 M, V. (S ad. et 



imm. ; w. $ 



ad. sk. 

 a: S ad. sk. 

 y. (S ad. sk. 



S. Andamans, Dec, Jan., Feb., 

 March {R. G. W. P.). 



S. Andamans, Aug., Sept. (P. 



J. Wimberley). 

 Mt. Harriet, S. Andamans, 



Jan., March ( W. Davison). 



Port Moiiat, S. Andamans, 



Jan. {TV. Davison). 

 Aberdeen, S. Andamans, Dec, 



May, Sept. ( W. Davison). 



Port Blair, S. Andamans, Aug. 



[Nicobar.] 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



* Mr. Crawfurd, for whom tbe drawing of this species was made, was 

 resident in this city. 



