of the Genus Tliriponax. 155 



first to last. I have shot it in the tree-jimgle and in old 

 clearings^ but I have also seen it in comparatively thick 

 forest." Capt. Bingham (Str. F. 1879, p. 194) observes :— 

 " I procured this handsome Woodpecker at Thaubia on the 

 Zamee, and noticed it more than once at various places on 

 the Wimgeo river, and on the Thouugyeen at Laidawgyee, 

 Kyon-Khet, Oukra, and Maigla." The same author (Str. F. 

 1880, p. 1G2) further states : — '^ I have procured this species as 

 far south as the head-waters of the Thoungyeen, and though 

 not common in this valley, it is widely spread. In March 

 1878 I saw a number, and shot a young male on the 

 Zammee-choung ; again near Kaukarit on the Houndraw 

 river it may be said to be fairly common." 



7. Thriponax hargitti. 



Thriponax javensis (pt.), Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2iid ser. 

 Zool. i. p. 314 (1876). 



Thriponax hargitti, Sharpe, Ibis, 1881, p. 317, pi. viii. 



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

 coverts, and quills black, the secondaries having a white 

 patch at the base of the inner webs, and a few of the pri- 

 maries having a white spot at the tip of the outer web \ 

 shafts black; lower back and rump white; upper tail- 

 coverts, tail, and tail-shafts black ; nasal plumes black ; 

 entire top of the head, occiput, and nape scarlet, the feathers 

 of the latter parts elongated and forming a conspicuous crest, 

 their extreme bases being whitish, the feathers of the forehead 

 and crown greyer at the base ; a broad scarlet malar patch ; 

 lores, sides of the face, chin, throat, entire neck, chest, and 

 breast black, the chin, throat, and posterior half of the face 

 having short white striations ; remainder of the underparts, 

 flanks, and thighs buffy white, some of the feathers of the 

 vent black with bulfy white margins ; under tail-coverts 

 black ; under primary-coverts black, the lower series varied 

 with white, the remainder of the under wing-coverts, likewise 

 the axillaries, uniform buffy white. Total length 15 "5 inches, 

 culmen 2' 15, wing 8'4, tail 6*4, tarsus r35; toes (without 



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