THRIPONAX. 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 having 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 

 scarlet crest; length, from 380 to 410 mm. 



Species. 



a 1 . Breast black, without light edges to the feathers. 



b 1 . Rump black , ...' javensis (p. 406) 



6 2 . Rump with a white band. 



c 1 . 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) 



c 2 . 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 8 . Breast, throat, and chin black mixed with white and buff. 



ft 1 . Light buff or whitish edges of breast-feathers very wide, giving the breast 



a mottled appearance pectoralis (p. 407) 



ft 2 . Light buff edges of breast-feathers narrow, forming numerous crescentic 

 markings multilunatns (p. 408) 



