- Criniger palawanensis Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 618; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1881), 6, 83, pl. 6, fig. 2; Hand-List (1901), 3, 318; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 80.
- Trichophorus palawanensis Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. Colls. (1905), 48, 152.
Palawan (Steere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino).
Adult.—Above scarcely different from T. frater, except that the feathers on top of head have light shaft-lines; ear-coverts olive-green with whitish shaft-lines; lores white, mixed with olive-green; cheeks, chin, throat, and breast pale yellow, streaked with white; rest of under parts pale lemon-yellow, olivaceous along the sides and flanks; crissum light ocherous-yellow. The sexes are similar; length, about 190. A male measures: Wing, 82; tail, 76; culmen from base, 18; bill from nostril, 12; tarsus, 18. A female, wing, 81; tail, 72; culmen from base, 18; bill from nostril, 12; tarsus, 18.
“Common in Palawan; feeds about bushes in the open, frequently in good sized flocks. Four males measure: Length, 185; wing, 84; tail, 73; culmen, 20; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 18. Three females, length, 174; wing, 81; tail, 74; culmen, 19.8; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 18. Eyes usually straw-yellow; in one case light hazel; legs, feet, and nails light brown; upper mandible nearly black, lower gray.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
Genus PYCNONOTUS Boie, 1826.
Bill short, when measured from base, less than tarsus; rictal bristles usually less than bill from nostril; wing short and rounded; the primaries exceed secondaries by less than length of tarsus; a short crest which is not very evident in dry skins.
Species.
- a1. Legs and feet black; supercilium white, contrasting with the black lores; ear-coverts brown. goiavier (p. [516])
- a2. Legs and feet light brown; supercilium and lores dull olive-brown like the crown; ear-coverts with white shaft-lines. cinereifrons (p. [517])