THRIPONAX. ; 409 
376. THRIPONAX HARGITTI Sharpe. 
HARGITT’S BLACK WOODPECKER. 
Thriponax hargitti SuarpPe, Ibis (1884), 317, pl. 8; Hand-List (1900), 2, 
231, no. 9; Harairt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 505; CLARKE, 
Ibis (1895), 474; (1898), 121;* Grant, Ibis (1896), 558; McGrecor 
and WorcEsTER, Hand-List (1906), 67. 
Thriponax philippinensis STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 
8; Bourns and WorcesTER, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers 
(1894), 1, 53. 
Thriponax philippensis SHARPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 231, no. 8. 
Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Mc- 
Gregor); Negros (Steere Hxp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Panay (Bourns & 
Worcester) ; Palawan (Steere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Wor- 
cester). 
Adult.—Differs from 7. javensis in having a wide band of light buff 
across the lower back thus resembling 7’. mindorensis from which it differs 
in having a much stouter bill and in having lower mandible gray or horn- 
white ; lower mandible in dry skin dull yellow with a gray tip. In males 
the red malar-stripe is longer than in the other species mentioned and 
many of the black feathers of chin and sides of neck are tipped with red. 
Length of male, 420; wing, 220; tail, 180; culmen from base, 51; 
bill from nostril, 38; width of bill at base, 20; tarsus, 36. Wing of 
female, 218; tail, 185; culmen from base, 52; bill from nostril, 38; 
tarsus, 33. 
The description and measurements above are from specimens taken in 
Masbate, one of the type localities of Thriponax philippinensis of Steere. 
In Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum the type locality of 
Thriponax hargitti is given as Palawan. Of these two supposed species 
Grant says: “The types have been compared and agree in all particulars.” 
It seems to me almost incredible that this genus should be represented 
by the same species in Masbate and Palawan but as I have seen no speci- 
mens from the latter island I follow Grant’s identification. 
“Tris yellow; legs, feet, and nails leaden; upper mandible black, 
lower horn-gray. Three males average, 430 in length; wing, 207; 
tail, 174; culmen, 50; tarsus, 48; middle toe with claw, 39. Three 
females, length, 410; wing, 204; tail, 169; culmen, 50; tarsus, 31; middle 
toe with claw, 39.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
* Cf. Grant, Ibis (1896), 473, under Thriponax mindorensis. 
