604 ricin^. 



6. Thriponax feddeni. 



Mulleripicus feddeni, Blanf. J. A. S. B. 186;3, p. 75; BIyth, Ibis, 



1870, p. 1G3. 

 Thriponax jerdoni, Cah. Sj- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 105 (1863). 

 Picusjei'doui (ex Cab.S,- Heine), Sioidev. Consp. Av. Pi'cjrt. p. 9(1866). 

 Ileniiliiphus feddeni. Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. p. 86 (1868). 

 Campethera crawfurdi, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 194, no. 8709 (1870). 

 Thriponax feddeni, Wald. Ibis, 1871, p. 164; Bingham, Str. F. 1879, 



p. 194 ; Hume, tom. cit. pp. 87 & 409 ; Binyham, op. cit. 1880, 



p. 162; Oates, op. cit. x. p. 190 (1882); id. B. Brit. Bicrm. ii. 



p. 28 (1883) ; Hargitt, Ibis, 1885, p. 152 ; Salvad. An7i. Mm. Civ. 



Sfor. Nat. Genova, 1887, p. 578. 

 Thriponax crawfurdi {non Gray), Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 471 ; id. 8f 



Oates, op. cit. 1875, pp. 14, 66 ; Blyth i^ Wald. B. Burm. p. 75 



(1875) ; Hume 8f Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 134 (1878). 



Adult male. Resembles Th. hodgsoni, but diifers in having a 

 considerable amonnt of white on the base of the inner webs of all 

 the quills, this on the outer primaries and on the secondaries 

 extending for about two inches, and on the inner primaries 

 occupying a space of about three and a half inches ; the outer 

 primaries tipped with a white spot ; the white on the underparts 

 more extended : the red on the top of the head and on the malar 

 region more scarlet ; the chin and throat as well as behind the ear- 

 coverts striped with white. Total length 15 inches, culmen 205, 

 wing 8*45, tail 5-7, tarsus 1"25 ; toes (without claws) — outer 

 anterior 0'95, outer posterior 0-85, inner anterior 0'72, inner 

 posterior 0-5. 



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

 and the greater part of the crown, also the malar region, black. 

 Total length 15 inches, culmen 1"85, wing 8*2, tail 6, tarsus 1-25. 



Young. Resemble the adult of their respective sexes, except that 

 in the early stage of the male the malar region is devoid of red, the 

 feathers next assume dull red tips ; the chin and throat are 

 conspicuously white, with dusky black stripe-like spots. 



The soft parts in this species are as follows : " iris yellow ; 

 eyelids lavender-brown ; legs plumbeous ; claws horny-grey ; bill 

 bluish black, darkest on the upper mandible and palest on the lower 

 near the base " (E. W. Oates). 



Hub. British Burmah, as far south as Lathorgee, Tenasserim ; 

 Siam, and extending into Cochin China. 



a. c? ad. sk. Pegu, Burmah. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 



b. $ ad. sk. Thavetmyo, Sept. 1874 (H. G. Tweeddale Coll. 



iv. B.). 

 c,d.(S2 ad. sk. Thayetmyo, Feb. 1873 (F. W. Hume Coll. 

 Oates). 



e. S ad. sk. Arakan Hills, June 1873 {E. Hume Coll. 



W. Oates). 



f, q. 6 ad. ; h, i. Tonghoo, Oct., Nov., Dec. {R. Tweeddale Coll. 



2 ad. sk. G. W. E). 



k. $ ad. sk. Meetan, Tenasserim, Feb. 2, Tweeddale CoU. 



1877 {Limborg). 



