Iole striaticeps Sharpe, Ibis (1888), 200; Hand-List (1901), 3,
313; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 79.
Palawan (Whitehead).
"Adult female.--General color above olive-brown, with narrow whitish
shaft-streaks to the feathers of the mantle and back; the lower back
and rump uniform, the feathers of the latter very loose and fluffy and
with pale tips; lesser wing-coverts brown, with a wash of olive; alula
and primary-coverts dusky brown, with a reddish tinge and washed with
olive externally; quills dark brown, externally pale olive-brown,
rather more rufous toward the base of the secondaries; upper
tail-coverts and tail-feathers light reddish brown with a slight edging
of olive; crown of head brown, slightly contrasting with the back,
all the feathers with narrow ashy white shaft-streaks; lores white,
with a yellowish tinge; feathers below the eye and ear-coverts light
brown, washed with yellow and having narrow whitish shaft-streaks;
cheeks and under surface of body ashy white, with a strong tinge of
yellow, the breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts clearer yellow;
sides of body and flanks washed with olive-brown; thighs pale yellow;
under wing-coverts and axillars pale yellow; quills below dusky brown,
yellowish along the edge of the inner web. Length, 168; culmen, 18;
wing, 81; tail, 70; tarsus, 19." (Sharpe.)