of the Genus Thriiponsix. 149 



The Marquis Doria^ Dr. Beccari, and Governor Ussher 

 procured it in Sarawak, and it was found at Banjermassing 

 by Mr. Motley. From the Philippine Islands I have 

 examined specimens in the collection of Capt. Wardlaw 

 Ramsay, obtained in Luzon, Surigao, Zamboanga, and Basilan 

 (Everett) ; and the British Museum contains an example from 

 the island of Negros, collected by Mr. Steere. 



4. Thriponax crawfurdi. 



Plats crawfurdii, Gray in Griffith's Cuv. An. Kingd. 

 Birds, ii. p. 513, fig. (1829). 



Dryopicus leucoguster (pt.), Malh. Monogr. Picid. i. p. 47 

 (1861). 



Thriponax javensis (pt.). Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. 

 p. 10.5 (1863). 



HemilophiLS javensis (pt.), Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 85 (1868). 



Campethera crawfurdi, Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 194^ no. 8709 

 (1870). 



Ficus leucogaster (pt.), Giebel, Thes. Orn. p. 162 (1876). 



Thriponax crawfurdi, Hume, Str. F. 1879, pp. 87 and 

 409-410 (note). 



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 figure (above referred to), which were taken from nature 

 by an Indian artist for Mr. Crawfurd, jun. Many authors have 

 confounded Th. crawfurdi with Th. javensis, and also with 

 Th.feddeni; but as the bird described and figured by Gray is 



