392 Mr. J. Whitehead on Birds 



248. Thriponax javensis (Horsf.). (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 pp. 409, 520.) 



This widely-dispersed species has a peculiar distribution 

 in the Philippines, having been met with only in Luzon and 

 Mindanao, while the intermediate islands are inhabited by 

 other species. From Samar and Leite we have a very 

 distinct species, T. pectoralis, from Negros a form inseparable 

 from T. haryitti of Palawan, and from Mindoro T. mindo- 

 rensis, closely allied to the Palawan Woodpecker. 



All the members of this genus inhabit the thick forest, 

 being rarely found outside ; but in the breeding-season the 

 solitary dead tree-trunks, often some distance from the forest, 

 seem to be in request. 



We met with T. javensis among the oak-trees on the 

 summit of Monte Data at nearly 8000 feet. 



249. Thriponax pectoralis Tweedd. (Grant, Ibis, 1897, 

 p. 246.) 



This fine Woodpecker was not rare in the forests of Samar 

 and Leite. 



Iris straw-yellow ; upper mandible greyish black, lower 

 dull slate-blue ; feet dull slate-blue. 



250. Thriponax mindorensis Steere. (Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 473.) 



Fairly common in the forests of Mindoro. 



Iris straw-yellow ; bill slaty black ; feet dull slate-grey. 



251. Thriponax hargitti Sharpe. (Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 558.) 



That the Mindoro species should be different, and the 

 Panay and Negros bird the same as the Palawan Woodpecker, 

 is another remarkable point in the distribution of Philippine 

 birds. 



Jr. (J. Iris greyish white; feet and lower mandible slate- 

 blue ; upper mandible black, tipped and based with white. 



252. Xanthol^ma h^ematocephala (P. L. S. Miiller). 

 (Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 466 ; 1896, p. 474 ; 1897, p. 247.) 



Common in Luzon. Generally found in or near high 



