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Table 36. — Measurements of specimens of Arachnothera longirostra rothschildi 



Locality 



Pulo Lingung 



Bunguran Island. 

 do 



do 



Date 



1900 

 June 16 

 July 3 

 July 18 

 July 22 



■O.C 



Mm. 

 10.5 

 10 

 10 

 10 



• Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



The recognizable races of Arachnothera longirostra now number 12, 

 as follows : 



1. Arachnothera longirostra longirostra (Latham). 



Certhia longirostra Latham, Index ornithologicus, vol. 1, p. 299, 1790. ("Ben- 

 gala.") 



Geographic distribution. — Southern and eastern India and Assam, 

 south through Burma to central Tenasserim. 



2. Arachnothera longirostra antelia Oberholser. 



Arachnothera longirostra antelia Oberholser, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 

 vol. 13, no. 11, p. 227, June 4, 1923. ("Trang, Lower Siam.") 



Geographic distribution. — Malay Peninsula north to southern Ten- 

 asserim. 



3. Arachnothera longirostra heliocrita Oberholser. 



Arachnothera longirostra heliocrita Oberholser, Journ. Washington Acad. 

 Scl., vol. 13, no. 11, p. 228, June 4, 1923. ("Selitar, 9 miles from the town 

 of Singapore, Singapore Island, Federated Malay States.") 



Geographic distribution. — Island of Singapore. 



4. Arachnothera longirostra melanchima Oberholser. 



Arachnothera longirostra melanchima Oberholser, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 

 vol. 60, no. 7, p. 19, Oct. 26, 1912. ("Upper Siak River, eastern Sumatra.") 



Geographic distribution. — Sumatra. 



5. Arachnothera longirostra zarhina Oberholser. 



Arachnothera longirostra zarhina Oberholser, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 

 60, no. 7, p. 19, Oct. 26, 1912. ("Pulo Bangkaru, Banjak Islands.") 



Geographic distribution. — Banjak Islands, Barussan Islands, west- 

 ern Sumatra. 



6. Arachnothera longirostra niasensis van Oort. 



Arachnothera longirostra niasensis van Oort, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 32, no. 4, 

 p. 195 (in text), Dec. 30, 1910. (" Nias.") 



Geographic distribution. — Nias Island, Barussan Islands, western 

 Sumatra. 



