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)