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opinion (conf. op. cit. 1867, p. 184). But in 1870 (op. cit. p. 160) Mr. Blyth surmised that 
the various species above named would be found to be identical. It is perfectly dis- 
tinct from S. rosenbergi. 
PICARI A. 
PICID. 
THRIPONAX, Cabanis. 
28. 'THRIPONAX JAVENSIS. 
Picus javensis, Horsf. Tr. L. 8. xiii. p. 175, ¢, “Java” (1820); Walden, Ibis, 1871, p. 164. 
Picus horsfieldii, Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 15, no. 5, ¢ (1827), ex Horsf. 
Picus leucogaster, Wagler, /.c. no. 7, 9, “ Mindanao;” Isis, 1829, p. 509, ¢ ; Reinw., Temm. 
Pl. Col. 501, ¢, “iles de la Sonde” (1830). 
Dryopicus leucogaster (Reinw.), Malh. Monogr. i. p. 47, pl. 13. f. 4, 3,5, @. 
Hab. Luzon, January and April (Meyer); Mindanao (Wagler). 
The crest in these Luzon examples is of a brighter red than in Malaccan and Javan 
individuals; it is vermilion, as in 7. crawfurdi, whereas in T. hodgsoni and in 
Malaccan and Javan 7’. javensis it is blood-red. The proportion of white at the insertion 
of the quills corresponds with what is found in Malaccan examples (conf: Walden, /. c.). 
On the outer web of the fourth primary of a female a small albescent terminal spot is 
indicated. In the other examples there is no trace. Altogether the Luzon Thriponax 
closely resembles the Javan and Malaccan. By the following table of dimensions it 
will, however, be seen that it is a smaller bird. 
Longitudo 
ale. caudee. 
T. javensis, 3 8°25. 7:25. East Java. Not quite adult. 
is gd 8:50. it Malacca. Adult. 
5 2 8:37. 7:50. es 
= 2 8-75. 7°50. pA - 
e o 8 ic Luzon. 5 
93 3 7°75. i af re 
5 2 7:60. 6°50. EA 5 
MULLERIPIcUS, Bonaparte. 
29. * MULLERIPICUS FUNEBRIS. 
Picus funebris, Valenc. Dict. Sc. Nat. vol. 40, p. 179, 9, “ Philippines” (1826) ; Malh. Monogr. 
i, p. 54, pl. 15. fig. 1, g, 2, 2. 
Picus lichtensteinti, Wagler, Syst. Av. p. 25, no. 31, 3, “ Patr. incert’’* (1827). 
1 Malherbe (J. c.) informs us that Wagler described from the same specimen in the Paris Museum that served 
as Valenciennes’ type. 
