of the Genus Tliriponax. 153 



Str. P. 1879, p. 194,; Hume, torn. cit. pp. 87 & 409; 

 Bingham, op. cit. 1880, p. 162; Oates, op. cit. x. p. 190 

 (1882) ; id. B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 28 (1883). 



Thriponax crawfurdi, Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 471 ; id. and 

 Oates, op. cit. 1875, pp. 14-66; Blytli & Wald. B. Burm. 

 p. 75 (1875) ; Hume & Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 134 (1878). 



Adult male. Upper and middle back, scapulars, wing- 

 coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, the 

 inner webs of quills white at the base, the white on the inner 

 primaries extending for about half their length ; outermost 

 primaries tipped with white; shafts of quills black; lower 

 back and rump white, the feathers of the lower rump mar- 

 gined with black at the tip ; upper tail-coverts, tail, and 

 tail-shafts black ; nasal plumes black ; forehead, crown, and 

 occipital crest brilliant scarlet, bases of the feathers creamy 

 white ; a broad scarlet cheek-patch, the bases of the feathers 

 varied with dusky and buffy white; lores, face and entire 

 neck, chin, throat, chest, and upper breast black, below and 

 behind the ear-coverts, likewise the chin and throat, striped 

 with white ; lower breast, abdomen, vent, sides of the body, 

 flanks, and thighs biift'y white, the thigh-feathers having a 

 subtermiual black band ; under tail-coverts black, those 

 nearest the vent margined with white; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white ; edge of wing black. Total length 

 15'0 inches, culmen 2*05, 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. 



Male, fledgling. In general coloration and markings like 

 the adult male, but differing in having the black less intense 

 and the white purer ; the bases of the feathers of the fore- 

 head and crown brownish dusky ; only a few of the cheek- 

 feathers having dull red tips, the remainder being black ; a 

 patch of white below and behind the ear-coverts ; chin and 

 throat white, with dusky spot-like stripes ; the feathers of 

 the fore neck margined with white; thighs slightly varied 

 with dusky. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in having the 

 forehead, greater part of the crown, and the cheeks black. 



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