314 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY 



PICARm 



PICHXffl. 



Thriponax, Cabanis. 



10. Thriponax javensis (Horsf.) : Walden, t. c. p. 146. 



a. c? . Zarnboanga. Eyes yellow. 



b. § . San Bernardino, Negros, Jan. 1875. Eyes yellow. 



c. $ . Negros. 



d. $ . Puerto Princesa, Palawan. 



[Climbing about tbe dead trees, generally in pairs. — J. B. S.] 



I agree with Lord Tweeddale that we cannot separate tbe Philippine Black Wood- 

 pecker from tbe Javan bird. It was not known before from Palawan and Negros, but 

 had been recorded from Mindanao by Wagler. 



Chrysocolaptes, Blyth. 



11. Chrtsocolaptes xanthocephales, Walden & Layard : Walden, t. c. p. 147. 

 a. d. San Bernardino, Negros, Jan. 1875. Eyes carmine. 



[I saw more of this Woodpecker, which was not rare ; but I had the greatest difficulty 

 in getting about the forests in Negros, owing to the obstruction caused by the trees 

 blown down in a recent typhoon. — J. B. S.] 



This species was originally described from the island of Negros ; but only the female 

 was known. Dr. Steere has now procured the male, which shows that the species is an 

 excellent one. The description of the male is as follows : — 



Adult male. — General colour above ruddy crimson, all the feathers olive-brown at the 

 base, the upper tail-coverts entirely of the latter colour, with a crimson mark on their 

 margins ; scapulars and wing-coverts exactly resembling the back ; the bastard wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills brown, externally yellowish olive, the secondaries brown, 

 inclining to olive on the outer webs, which are externally crimson like the back, all the 

 quills spotted with white on the inner web, much more largely on the secondaries ; tail- 

 feathers dark brown, with a slight wash of olive on the outer webs ; crown of head bright 

 crimson, with yellow bases to the feathers ; lores, eyebrow, and entire sides of face bright 

 yellow, as also the throat, which is bordered on each side with a narrow black mousta- 

 chial line, and has also another down the centre of the throat ; sides of neck yellow, with 

 three lines of black running down from behind the ear-coverts ; neck all round, and 

 fore neck, scaly in appearance, the feathers being yellowish buff fringed with black ; 

 remainder of under surface yellowish buff, the sides of the body somewhat streaked with 

 olive-brown ; under wing-coverts dull fulvous, with olive-brown margins to the feathers, 

 which are also slightly washed with red ; bill stone-brown (in skin) ; legs yellowish, claws 

 black ; " iris carmine " (Steere). Total length 10-5 inches, culmen 1-6, wing 5-6, tail 

 3-8, tarsus 1-05, 



12. Chrysocolaptes maculiceps, sp. n. (Plate XLVI. fig. 2.) 



Ad. supra coccineus, plumis ad basin olivascentibus et celatim albo maculatis ; tectri- 



