THRIPONAX. 405 



duciug a spotted appearance, most pronounced on occiput and neck; on 

 malar region below each eye a large patch of light crimson; chin and 

 throat saffron-yellow, washed with pink or light red on the posterior part. 

 Length of a male from Palawan, 465; wing, 235; tail, 165; culmen from 

 base, 65; tarsus, 38. 



Adiilt female. — Differs from the male in having no red on cheeks and 

 but a slight wash of pink on the throat. Wing, 235 ; tail, 180 ; culmen 

 from base, 64; tarsus, 35. 



"Young male. — Differs from tbe adult male in having the entire nuilar 

 region, forehead, and greater part of the crown washed with pale crim- 

 son, this color being very faint upon the crown; the head darker slaty 

 gray and the tips of the feathers less white ; upper parts rather browner ; 

 the under surface of the body unspotted; abdomen, sides of the body, 

 and under tail-coverts more of a dusky brown, but assuming the dark 

 slaty-gray plumage; chin, throat, and fore neck light buff, the latter 

 washed with pale red. It has also a pale crimson stripe, rather than a 

 spot, and the hinder part of the malar region, as in the adult." 

 (llargitt.) 



"Quite abundant in some parts of Palawan. Shot on dead trees in 

 clearings, and in low scrub. We failed to find it in the Calamianes. Two 

 males average, 467 in length; wing, 227; tail, 147; culmen, 59; tarsus, 

 34; middle toe with claw, 41. A female, length, 457; wing, 220; tail, 

 140; culmen, 59; tarsus, 31; middle toe with claw, 44. Iris very dark 

 brown; legs and feet dull leaden, nails nearly black; upper mandible black 

 except along gape and at base where it is gray : lower mandible light 

 gray." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



Genus THRIPON^AX Cabanis and Heine, 1863. 



Culmen nearly straight ; nasal ridges well developed ; nostrils scantily 

 covered ; phunage mostly black, abdomen white ; both sexes with a full 

 scarlet crest; length, from 380 to 410 mm. 



Species. 



o*. Breast black, without lif^lit cdfics to the feathers. 



b\ Rump black javensis (p. 406) 



6*. Rump with a white haiul. 



c^. White spot at base of primaries smaller; bill stouter, width at anterior 

 border of nostrils, 14 to 16 mm.;' lower mandible dirty ivory-yellow. 



hargitti (p. 4ttSM 

 c'. White spot at base of primaries larger; bill more slender, width at ante- 

 rior border of nostrils, 12 to 14 mm.; lower mandible blackish. 



mindorensis (p. 408) 

 a'. Breast, throat, and chin black mixed Avith white and buff. 



6*. Light buff or whitish edges of breast-feathers very wide, giving the breast 



a mottled appearance pectoralis (p. 407) 



6^. Light buff edges of breast-feathers narrow, forming numerous crescentic 

 markings multilunatus f p. 40S) 



