lOLE. 505 



a?. Under and upper parts neither yellow nor tinged with yellow; general color 

 brown or gray. 

 V. Chin and throat reddish brown or gray, narrowly streaked with white or 

 without streaks; smaller, culmen from base usually less than 28 mm. 



&. No white shaft-lines on chin and throat rufigularis (p. 507) 



c*. White shaft-lines present on chin and throat. 



(P. Chin and throat rufous-browTi ; shaft-lines wider. 



e^. Smaller; chin and throat slightly darker gularis (p. 507) 



(?. Larger; chin and throat slightly paler guimarasensis (p. 508) 



d?. Chin and throat pale rufescent broAvn; shaft-lines much narrower and 



less conspicuous mindorensis (p. 509) 



6'. Chin and throat gray with wide streaks of white, or chin nearly all white; 

 larger, culmen from base usually more than 30 mm. 

 c*. Top of head uniform seal-brown without lighter margins to the feathers ; 



wing of male, about 135 mm siquijorensis (p. 510) 



<?. Top of head lighter brown or dull olive-brown ; feathers on forehead tipped 

 with slate-gray; wing shorter, 

 (f. Top of head lighter; feathers on nape tipped with ashy or slate-gray; 



wing, about 125 mm.; tail, 115 cinereiceps (p. 511) 



d^ Top of head darker; feathers on nape with no gray tips; wing, about 

 120 mm.; tail, 105 monticola (p. 511) 



478. lOLE STRIATICEPS Sharpe. 



PALAWAN BULBUL. 



Idle striaticeps Shakpe, Ibis (1888), 200; Hand-List (1901), 3, 313; Mc- 

 Gkegob and Wokcesteb, Hand-List (1906), 79. 

 Palawan (Whitehead). 



"Adult female. — General color above olive-brown, with narrovr 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; upjier tail-coverts and 

 tail-feathers light reddish brown with a slight edging of olive; crown of 

 liead 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 browTi, 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.) 



