THRIPONAX. 407 



culmen, 45; tarsus,, 28; middle toe with claw, 39. Two females from 

 same place, length, 384; wing, 192; tail, 141; culmen, 42; tarsus, 28; 

 middle toe with claw, 36. 



"Cebu birds are slightly larger. Two males average, 403 in length; 

 wing, 204; tail, 158; culmen, 48; tarsus, 29; middle toe with claw, 41. 

 Two females, length, 407 ; wing, 198 ; tail, 159 ; culmen, 45 ; tarsus, 29 ; 

 middle toe with claw, 37. 



"Iris varies from light to dark yellow ; legs and feet gray ; nails nearly 

 black ; upper mandible black, lower dirty white. Food, ants." (Bourns 

 and Worcester MS.) 



373. THRIPONAX RECTOR ALIS Tweeddale. 

 TWEEDDALE'S BLACK WOODPECKER. 



Thriponax pectoralis TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 340; HABGITT, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 500, pi. 13; SHABPE, Hand-List 

 (1900), 2, 23; MCGREGOR and WOBCESTEB, Hand-List (1906), 66. 

 Bohol (McGregor) ; Leyte (Everett, Steere Exp., Whltehead) ; Panaon 

 (Everett) ; Samar (Steere Exp.., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead) . 



Adult male. Upper parts as in T. javensis; chin and throat white with 

 narrow black shaft-stripes; ear-coverts and sides of neck black, narrowly 

 streaked with white ; breast-feathers black with edges and tips light buff ; 

 rest of under parts as in T. javensis but with more buff on the thighs. 

 A few feathers of breast and hind neck may be tipped with red but this 

 character is variable. Length of a male from Bohol, about 450 ; wing, 224 ; 

 tail, 200; culmen from base, 50; bill from nostril, 39; width of bill at 

 base, 19; tarsus, 33. 



"Adult female. Has the forehead and crown black; the malar region 

 white, striped with black. In other respects like the adult male. Length, 

 419; culmen, 48; wing, 199; tail, 169; tarsus, 34. 



"Young male. Differs from the adult of the same sex in having the 

 white of the throat and fore neck duller, and the striations less intense 

 black; the feathers of the malar region white, with dusky bases, a few 

 assuming the red tips/' (Hargitt.) 



"A well-marked species which takes the place of T. javensis in Panaon, 

 Leyte, and Samar. Quite abundant in Samar. Usually met with in the 

 forest. Occasionally seen in second growth. 



Three males average, 434 in length; wing, 198; tail, 159; culmen, 51; 

 tarsus, 33; middle toe with claw, 48. Two females, length, 419; wing. 

 201; tail, 154; culmen, 47; tarsus, 32; middle toe with claw, 41. Iris 

 light yellow ; legs and feet light slate ; nails nearly black ; upper mandible 

 black, lower grayish white." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



