246 Mr. W. 11. Ogilvie Grant on the 



and Worcester that the birds belong to the same species. An 

 immature female has the spots on the crown pale buff, the 

 ground-colour of the underparts dirty white, and the black 

 stripes on the chin and throat merely indicated. 



[Iris red ; bill dusky black ; feet brownish olive. — J. W.] 



71. MicRosTicTus FULiGiNOsus, Twccdd. ; Hargitt, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 492 (1890). 



Mulleripicus fuliyinosas (Tweedd.) ; Steere, List Birds & 

 Mamm. Philippines, p. 8 (1890). 



The Mindanao Black Woodpecker appears to be more 

 plentiful in Leite than it is in Samar, for Mr. Whitehead 

 obtained only one specimen during his stay in the latter 

 island. 



Although there are two females of this species in the 

 Steere Collection, this sex does not appear to have been 

 described : — 



Adult female. Closely resembles the female of M.funebris, 

 but may be distinguished by the general colour of the plumage 

 being greyer ; the ground-colour of the chin and throat grey 

 like the cheeks, and the white dots distinctly larger. In 

 the female of 31. funebris the chin and throat are brownish 

 grey, and contrast with the blackish-grey cheeks. 



Total length 10-6 inches, culmen 1-45, wing 5*8, tail 4'1, 

 tarsus 1*1. 



72. Thriponax PECTORALis, Tweedd.; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xviii. p. 500, pi. xiii. (1890) ; Steere, List Birds & 

 Mamm. Philippines, p. 8 (1890) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 558. 



This Great Black-backed Woodpecker was met with in both 

 islands, its black buflf-margined breast-feathers making it 

 easily distinguishable from its allies. In young males, with 

 merely an indication of the malar stripe, the feathers of the 

 breast are black with narrow whitish margins. By referring 

 to the previous paper quoted above, it will be seen that I 

 referred a specimen from Negros to this species which had 

 been included in T. javensis by Hargitt. Having gone again 

 over the same ground, I think it is best to follow Hargitt 

 and include Negros birds with T. javensis. The fact is that 



