375. THRIPONAX MINDORENSIS Steere.
MINDORO BLACK WOODPECKER.
- Thriponax mindorensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 8; Grant, Ibis (1896), 473; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 231; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 67.
Ma-nuc′-toc, Mindoro.
Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, Everett, McGregor, Porter).
Adult.—Very much like T. javensis but clearly distinguished from that species by having a wide light buff or white band across the lower back; from T. hargitti it differs in having a more slender bill which is entirely black. A female measures: Length, 394; wing, 215; tail, 170; culmen from base, 47; bill from nostril, 35; width of bill at base, 18; tarsus, 31.
“Very abundant in the interior of Mindoro. Two females average, 381 in length; wing, 191; tail, 145; culmen, 45; tarsus, 27; middle toe with claw, 37. Iris straw-yellow; legs and feet leaden; nails nearly black; bill black.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
376. THRIPONAX HARGITTI Sharpe.
HARGITT’S BLACK WOODPECKER.
- 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;[45] 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.