Prionochilus johannæ Sharpe, Ibis (1888), 201, pl. 4, fig. 1;
McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 97.
Balabac (Everett); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Palawan
(Steere, Everett, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns &
Worcester, McGregor, Celestino, White).
Male.--Upper parts slate-blue; center of crown scarlet; rump
lemon-yellow; wing-feathers and rectrices black, edged with slate-blue;
lores black; sides of head, of neck, and of breast slate-blue; a white
included line on jaw; under parts rich lemon-yellow, fading to white
on thighs and crissum; a scarlet patch on center of chest; axillars,
wing-lining, edge of wing, and inner webs of quills white. A male
measures: Wing, 52; tail, 25; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril,
7.5; greatest width of upper mandible, 6; tarsus, 14.
Female.--Upper parts including exposed edges of wing-feathers and
rectrices olivaceous; band on tail-coverts lemon-yellow; center of
crown with a dull yellow patch; sides of head and neck gray, washed
with olivaceous; jaw with an obscure cinereous streak; chin and
throat white, washed with yellow; breast and abdomen lemon-yellow,
lighter posteriorly; sides and flanks gray, washed with greenish
yellow; crissum white. Wing, 48; tail, 24; culmen from base, 11;
bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 14.
"Abundant both in Palawan and the Calamianes Islands. Found about fruit
trees in or near the woods. Eleven males average: Length, 93; wing, 53;
tail, 28; culmen, 12.7; tarsus, 13.7; middle toe with claw, 13.7. Ten
females, length, 92; wing, 50; tail, 26; tarsus, 13.4; middle toe
with claw, 14; culmen, 13. Specimens from the Calamianes average very
slightly smaller. Legs, feet, and nails black; bill black except base
of lower mandible, which is yellow or gray." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)