Phyllornis palawanensis Sharpe,
Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 333, figs. 1 and 2.
Chloropsis palawanensis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1881), 6,
33; Hand-List (1901), 3, 308; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 78.
Balabac (Everett); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Palawan
(Steere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester,
Celestino, White).
Male.--Grass-green, much darker above than below; lores and a small
patch at base of lower mandible light blue, behind the latter
a moustachial line of lilac, above this and below eye a band of
golden yellow; eye surrounded by a circle of purple feathers; chin
and throat golden yellow; lesser wing-coverts on bend of wing bluish
purple; remainder of secondary-coverts and secondaries edged with
green; alula and primary-coverts blue, slightly washed with purple;
primaries black, edged with light blue on outer webs and with white
on inner webs; rectrices, below dark gray; above blue, washed with
green, shafts black. A male from Palawan measures: W0ing, 89; tail,
72; culmen from base, 21; bill from nostril, 14.5; tarsus, 15.
Female.--Scarcely differs in color from the male, but the moustachial
streak dark purplish blue. A female measures: Wing, 82; tail, 65;
culmen from base, 22; tarsus, 17.
"Common in Palawan and in the Calamianes, but difficult to see on
account of its color. Found in the forests, second growth, and mangrove
swamps. Seven males average: Length, 189; wing, 90; tail, 67; tarsus,
18; middle toe with claw, 17; culmen, 23. Four females, length, 182;
wing, 83; tail, 63; culmen, 23; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw,
18. Iris brown; legs and feet slate-gray; bill black." (Bourns and
Worcester MS.)