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374. THRIPONAX MULTILUNATUS McGregor. 



BASILAN BLACK WOODPECKEB. 



Thripotuuc javensis McGregor and Worcksteh, Iland-List (1906) 66. 



( part ) . 

 Thriponax multilunattis McGregor, PhiL Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A. 285. 



Basilan {Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns <£ Worcester, McGregor) . 



Adult male. — Forehead, crown, crest, aud malar-stripe bright crimson, 

 the feathers whitish at base; nasal plumes blackish; lores and a wide 

 transocular band black ; rest of npper parts, M^ings, and tail black ; second, 

 third, and fourth primaries with a white spot at base of inner web; 

 third to seventh primaries with a white spot at tip of outer web; inner 

 secondaries white at base; chin, throat, and postauricular area black, each 

 feather narrowly margined with whitish, producing a striped appearance ; 

 breast black, the feathers of fore part narrowly bordered with buffy, pro- 

 ducing a series of crescentic liglit marks; abdomen and sides buflFy white; 

 thighs black, each feather widely bordered with liglit butf ; vent and tail- 

 coverts black. Length in flesli, 420; wing, 210; tail, 166; culmen from 

 base, 53; tarsus, 29. 



Adult female. — Forehead, crown, and malar-stripe black, otherwise like 

 the male. Wing, 215; tail, 185; culmen from base, 50: bill from nostril, 

 38; tarsus, 31. 



375. THRIPONAX M I NDORENSIS Steere. 



MIKDOKO BLACK WOODPECKER. 



Thripotmx mindorcnsis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 

 8; Grant. Ibis (1896), 473; 8harpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 231; 

 McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 67. 



Ma-nuc'-toc, Mindoro. 



Mindoro [Steere Exp., Schmaclcer, Bourns & Worcester, Everett, McOregor, 

 Porter ) . 



Adult. — A'^ery much like T. javensis but clearly distinguished from 

 that species by having a wide light buff or white band across the lower 

 back; from T. hargitti it differs in having a more slender bill which is 

 entirely black. A female measures: Length, 394; wing, 215; tail, 170; 

 culmen from base, 47; bill from nostril, 35; width of bill at base, 18; 

 tarsus, 31. 



"Very abundant in the interior of Mindoro. Two females average, 381 

 in length ; wing, 191 ; tail, 145 ; culmen, 45 ; tarsus, 27 ; middle toe with 

 claw, 37. Iris straw-yellow ; legs and feet leaden ; nails nearly black ; 

 bill black." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



