Hyloterpe whiteheadi Sharpe, Ibis (1888), 311; Hand-List (1903),
4, 313; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 93.
Hyloterpe plateni Blasius, Ornis (1888), 311.
Palawan (Whitehead, Platen, Bourns & Worcester, Everett, Celestino,
White).
Adult.--Upper parts hair-brown; edges of wing-feathers and of rectrices
slightly more ashy brown; auriculars and sides of neck hair-brown;
throat white with faint drab-gray streaks; chest drab-gray; remainder
of under parts white. Male, wing, 79; tail, 62; culmen from base,
17; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 19. Female, wing, 78; tail, 65;
culmen from base, 16; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 18.
"Quite rare in the localities collected in by us. A male measures,
length, 149; wing, 80.5; tail, 60; culmen, 17.5; tarsus, 18.8; middle
toe with claw, 16. A female, length, 159; wing, 82; tail, 62.7; tarsus,
18.5; middle toe with claw, 17.5; culmen, 22. Iris dark brown; legs,
feet, and nails light slate; bill black." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)