Thriponax hargitti Sharpe, Ibis (1884), 317, pl. 8; Hand-List
(1900), 2, 231, no. 9; Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890),
18, 505; Clarke, Ibis (1895), 474; (1898), 121; [48] Grant, Ibis
(1896), 558; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 67.
Thriponax philippinensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere
Exped. (1890), 8; Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota
Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 53.
Thriponax philippensis Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 231, no. 8.
Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester,
McGregor); Negros (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Panay
(Bourns & Worcester); Palawan (Steere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere
Exp., Bourns & Worcester).
Adult.--Differs from T. javensis in having a wide band of light buff
across the lower back thus resembling T. mindorensis from which it
differs in having a much stouter bill and in having lower mandible
gray or horn-white; lower mandible in dry skin dull yellow with a
gray tip. In males the red malar-stripe is longer than in the other
species mentioned and many of the black feathers of chin and sides of
neck are tipped with red. Length of male, 420; wing, 220; tail, 180;
culmen from base, 51; bill from nostril, 38; width of bill at base,
20; tarsus, 36. Wing of female, 218; tail, 185; culmen from base,
52; bill from nostril, 38; tarsus, 33.
The description and measurements above are from specimens taken in
Masbate, one of the type localities of Thriponax philippinensis of
Steere. In Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum the type
locality of Thriponax hargitti is given as Palawan. Of these two
supposed species Grant says: "The types have been compared and agree
in all particulars." It seems to me almost incredible that this genus
should be represented by the same species in Masbate and Palawan but
as I have seen no specimens from the latter island I follow Grant's
identification.
"Iris yellow; legs, feet, and nails leaden; upper mandible black,
lower horn-gray. Three males average, 430 in length; wing, 207; tail,
174; culmen, 50; tarsus, 48; middle toe with claw, 39. Three females,
length, 410; wing, 204; tail, 169; culmen, 50; tarsus, 31; middle
toe with claw, 39." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
Order EURYLÆMIFORMES.