THRIPONAX.. 9°” 405 
ducing a spotted appearance, most pronounced on occiput and neck; on 
malar region below each eye a large patch of light crimson; chin and 
throat saffron-yellow, washed with pink or light red on the posterior part. 
Length of a male from Palawan, 465; wing, 235; tail, 165; culmen from 
base, 65; tarsus, 38. 
Adult female.—Differs from the male in haying no red on cheeks and ° 
but a slight wash of pink on the throat. Wing, 235; tail, 180; culmen 
from base, 64; tarsus, 35. 
“Young male.—Differs from the adult male in having the entire malar 
region, forehead, and greater part of the crown washed with pale crim- 
son, this color being very faint upon the crown; the head darker slaty 
gray and the tips of the feathers less white; upper parts rather browner ; 
the under surface of the body unspotted; abdomen, sides of the body, 
and under tail-coverts more of a dusky brown, but assuming the dark 
slaty-gray plumage; chin, throat, and fore neck light buff, the latter 
washed with pale red. It has also a pale crimson stripe, rather than a 
spot, and the hinder part of the malar region, as in the adult.” 
(Hargitt.) 
“Quite abundant in some parts of Palawan. Shot on dead trees in 
clearings, and in low scrub. We failed to find it in the Calamianes. Two 
males average, 467 in length; wing, 227; tail, 147; culmen, 59; tarsus, 
34; middle toe with claw, 41. A female, length, 457; wing, 220; tail, 
140; culmen, 59; tarsus, 31; middle toe with claw, 44. Iris very dark 
brown; legs and feet dull leaden, nails nearly black ; upper mandible black 
except along gape and at base where it is gray; lower mandible light 
gray.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
Genus THRIPONAX Cabanis and Heine, 1863. 
Culmen nearly straight; nasal ridges well developed ; nostrils scantily 
covered; plumage mostly black, abdomen white; both sexes with a full 
searlet crest; length, from 380 to 410 mm. 
Species. 
at. Breast black, without light edges to the feathers. 
Vy Lai Tey WONG (CS RoR aS. gee SOE ee eee javensis (p. 406) 
b?, Rump with a white band. 
ct. White spot at base of primaries smaller; bill stouter, width at anterior 
border of nostrils, 14 to 16 mm.; lower mandible dirty ivory-yellow. 
hargitti (p. 409) 
¢. White spot at base of primaries larger; bill more slender, width at ante- 
rior border of nostrils, 12 to 14 mm.; lower mandible blackish. 
mindorensis (p. 408) 
a?, Breast, throat, and chin black mixed with white and buff. 
bt. Light buff or whitish edges of breast-feathers very wide, giving the breast 
Ty Lite aT EGIL) 022) 22 en ee pectoralis (p. 407) 
b°, Light buff edges of breast-feathers narrow, forming numerous crescentic 
BYERS 5222 aoc anaes <2 Be ete ce gence taper multilunatus (p. 408) 
