Abrornis olivacea Moseley, Ibis (1891), 47, pl. 2, fig. 2; Sharpe,
Hand-List (1901), 3, 276; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 76. [61]
Cryptolopha olivacea Grant, Ibis (1896), 543; Whitehead, Ibis
(1899), 110.
Bohol (McGregor); Leyte (Whitehead); Luzon (Whitehead); Mindanao
(Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Negros (Steere Exp., Bourns &
Worcester, Whitehead); Samar (Steere Exp., Whitehead); Sulu
(Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).
Adult, male and female.--Entire upper parts olive-green; top of head
and neck streaked with ashy gray; lores dusky, surmounted by a line of
light greenish yellow; eyelids bright yellow; postocular band dusky,
surmounted by a narrow whitish line; cheeks and ear-coverts yellowish
green, streaked with pale yellow; under parts whitish, streaked with
pale yellow; flanks washed with light olive-green; feathers of thighs
dusky, tipped with light yellow; under tail-coverts uniform light
yellow; wing-feathers brown, edged with olive-green; edge of wing
and axillars clear light yellow; rectrices olive-green, the inner
webs of two outermost pairs edged with light yellow. A male from
Bohol measures: Length, 127; wing, 60; tail, 52; culmen from base,
13; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 18. A female from Mindanao, wing,
52; tail, 42; culmen from base, 13; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 18.
"Young birds have the crown olive-green like the rest of the upper
parts, the chin and throat pale yellow, and the outer webs of the
outer primaries olive-green like the rest of the quills." (Grant.)
"Not uncommon; met with by us in several islands in company with
flocks of Phylloscopus. Seven males from various localities average:
Length, 121; wing, 59; tail, 49; culmen, 15; tarsus, 18; middle toe
with claw, 15. Two females, length, 114; wing, 52; tail, 44; culmen,
15; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 14. Iris dark brown to black;
legs, feet, and nails light brown; upper mandible dark brown to black;
lower mandible yellow." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)