450 PICID/E. 



1062. Thriponax Javensis (Horsf.), Saivad., Ucc. Bom. p. 52; 



Huttie, Str. F. iii. p. 67; Wald., Trans. ZooL Soc. ix. p. 146; BL, B. Burm. 

 p. 75 ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F.\\. p. 135; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 57; 

 Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 27. Picus Javensis, Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc, 

 xiii. p 175. Picus leucogaster, Reiriw. et Temm., Wagler Syst. Av. Pic. 

 sp. 7 ; Temm, pL Col. 501 ; Sundev., Av. Consp. Pic. p. 9. 



Whole head with occipital crest and patch on each side of under mandible 

 scarlet ; under surface of the body yellowish-white ; rest of plumage black, 

 except some white specklings on the throat and foreneck, and narrow 

 margins to the feathers of the flanks and thighs. The female has only the 

 posterior half of the crown scarlet, and has not the patches at base of lower 

 mandible. Bill black ; legs pale plumbeous ; irides creamy or clear yellow. 



Length. 17 inches ; tail 7-5 ; wing 9 ; tarsus 1-3 ; bill from gape 2-4. 



Hab. Tenasserim and the Malay Peninsula, also the islands of Sumatra, 

 Java and Borneo. 



1063. Thripona^ Feddeni (Blanf.), Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 409 ; 

 Bingham, Sir. F. ix. p. 162 ; Oates, Sir. F. x. p. 190; id., B. Br. Burm. 

 ii. p. 28. Mulleripicus Feddeni (Blanf.}, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxii. -75. 

 Thriponax Jerdoni, Cab. et Hein., Mus. Hein. iv. Heft. ii. p. 105 (note); 

 Sundev., Consp. Av. pic. p 9. Thriponax Crawfurdi, J. E Gray apud, Bl., 

 B. Burm. p. 75 ; Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 65; id. and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 134 ; 

 Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 87. The WHITE-RUMPED BLACK WOODPECKER. 



Whole head with crest and patch on each side of lower mandible scarlet ; 

 lower back, rump, abdomen, and much of the under wing coverts, as also the 

 tips of the earlier primaries, and basal portion of all the quills white ; rest of 

 the plumage black, except the white speckling on the throat, foreneck and 

 sides of the neck. The female differs in the same way as the preceding 

 species. Bill bluish black ; irides yellow ; legs plumbeous. 



Length. 16 inches; tail 6'6; wing 8-5 ; tarsus 1*3; bill from gape 2. 



Hab. British Burma; Pegu, Arracan and Tenasserim, inhabiting secondary 

 jungle on the outskirts of forests. 



Gen. MulleripicilS. Bonap. 



General characters of Thriponax ; toes short ; the anterior longer than the 

 versatile one. 



1064. Mulleripicus pulverulent us (TVm.), Jerd., B. ind. i. 



p. 284, No. 168; Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 66; id. and Dav., vi. p. 133 ; Hume, 

 Str. F. viii. p. 87; Bingham, Str. F. ix. pp. 162, 472. Picus pjilverulentus, 

 Temm., PL CW. 389; Sundev., Consp. Av. Pic. p. 10. Dryopicus gutturalis, 

 Malh., Mon. Pic. i. p. 5 1, pi. xv., figs. 4 7. Alophonerpes pulverulentus, Salvad, 

 Ucc. Born. p. 5 1 ; Bl., B. Burm. p. 75 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 29. Picus 

 gutturalis, Valenc. Diet. Sci. Nat. xl. p. 178. The GREAT SLATY WOODPECKER. 



