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374. THRIPONAX MULTILUNATUS McGregor. 
BASILAN eo 
Thriponax javensis McGrecor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906) 66, 
(part). 
Thriponax multilunatus McGrecor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, see. A, 285. 
Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor). 
Adult male-—Forehead, crown, crest, and malar-stripe bright crimson, 
the feathers whitish at base; nasal plumes blackish; lores and a wide 
transocular band black; rest of upper parts, wings, and tail black; second, 
third, and fourth primaries with a white spot at base of inner web; 
third to seventh primaries with a white spot at tip of outer web; inner 
secondaries white at base; chin, throat, and postauricular area black, each 
feather narrowly margined with whitish, producing a striped appearance ; 
breast black, the feathers of fore part narrowly bordered with buffy, pro- 
ducing a series of crescentic light marks; abdomen and sides buffy white; 
thighs black, each feather widely bordered with light buff; vent and tail- 
coverts black. Length in flesh, 420; wing, 210; tail, 166; culmen from 
base, 52; tarsus, 29. 
Adult female.—Forehead, crown, and malar-stripe black, otherwise like 
the male. Wing, 215; tail, 185; culmen from base, 50; bill from nostril, 
38, tarsus, 31. 
375. THRIPONAX MINDORENSIS Steere. 
MINDORO BLACK WOODPECKER. 
Thriponax mindorensis STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 
8; GRANT, Ibis (1896), 473; SHARPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 231; 
McGrecor and Worcester. Hand-List (1906), 67. 
Ma-nuc’-toc, Mindoro. 
Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, Everett, McGregor, 
Porter). 
Adult.—Very much like 7. javensis but clearly distinguished from 
that species by having a wide light buff or white band across the lower 
back; from 7’. hargitti it differs in having a more slender bill which is 
entirely black. A female measures: Length, 394; wing, 215; tail, 170; 
culmen from base, 47; bill from nostril, 35; width of bill at base, 18; 
tarsus, 31. 
“Very abundant in the interior of Mindoro. ‘Two females average, 381 
in length; wing, 191; tail, 145; culmen, 45; tarsus, 27; middle toe with 
claw, 3%. Iris straw-yellow; legs and feet leaden; nails nearly black; 
bill black.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) . 
