7. AEACHNOTHERA. 10 7 



Nectarinia inornata, Temm. PI. Col 84. fig. 2 (1823). 



Cinnvris inornata, Less. Traite cVOni. p. 292 (1831) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. 



XV. p. 43 ( 184C.) ; Mail. S,- Schlecj. Verh. Natuurl. Gesch., Aves, p. 68 



(1846) ; Bhjth, Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. pp. 222, 327 (1849) ; Bp. 



C. A. i. p. 409 (1850) ; Reichenb. Handh. Scansor. p. 316, pi. 593. 



figs. 4021-22 (1854); Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mug. ii. 



p. 729 (1850). 

 ? Araclinotliera literata, Licht, Nomencl. Av. p. 55 (1854). 

 Ai'achnothera aifinis, Shelley, Mo7iogr. Nect. p. 355, pi. 113. fig. 2. 



A. modesta. 



Antlireptes modesta, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 105. 



Aj-aclinothera modesta, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 981 (1843), xt. 



p. 43 (1846) ; id. Cat. Mm. As. Soc. p. 222 (1849) ; Bp. C. A. i. 



p. 410 (1850) ; Sorsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 730 



(1856) ; 3Ioore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 460 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix. 



p. 302 (1870); Salmd. Ann. Mus. Civ. Ge?i. y. p. 183 (1874); 



Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 473, 1875, p. 85 : Blyth ^- Walden, Manun. 



(S|- Birds of Burma, p. 140 (1875) ; Hume ^- Davison, Str. F. vi. 



pp. 176, 507 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xiv. p. 214 (1879); 



Shelley, Monoyr. Nect. p. 353, pi. 113. fig. 1 ; Oates, B. Brit. Burm. i. 



p. 329. 

 Araclmothera latirostris, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 982 (1843), xiv. 



p. 557 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 99 (1847). 

 Aracbnothera affinis, Pelzeln, Novara Reise, Voy. i. p. 53 (1865). 



A. Larger Eace (A. affinis). 



All the upper parts uniform dark yellowish olive ; the feathers of 

 the crown and forehead with dark brown centres ; inner web of 

 quills dark brown, edged with buff; taU with a dark brown sub- 

 terminal band, inner webs dark brown with white subterminal 

 spots ; aU the underparts dull whitish grey with a slight olive 

 tinge ; the feathers of the throat and breast with dark central 

 streaks, which become more and more obsolete on the abdomen and 

 on the Hanks ; edge of wing yellow ; cheeks and ear-coverts olive- 

 greyish yellow ; bill blackish brown ; legs and iris brown. Total 

 length 6-7 inches, culmen 1-3-1-5, wing 3-5, tail 2-3-2 ■4,'_tarsus 0-80. 



Hah. Java and Sumatra. 



B. Northern, or smaller Eace (A. modesta, Eyton). 



Specimenf from Borneo, the Malayan peninsula, and the oppo- 

 site coast of Sumatra are slightly smaller, and have the shaft- 

 stripes on the throat and breast less distinctly marked, the general 

 colour above more greenish, and the under mandible paler brown 

 than in the southern race. The birds vary in size, and gradually 

 lead on to the largest specimens of the larger or northern race, as 

 is shown in the following table. Total length about 5-0 inches. 



Ciilmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



Type specimen (Malacca) .... 1'45 3'1 1-85 0'73 



d . Malacca ( W«//aee) 1-50 3-4 2-10 077 



[ 2 ]. Malacca {Cantor) 1-35 2-85 2-70 070 



Sumatra ( Wallace) 1-35 2-90 270 75 



Sarawak (£yere«) 145 3-30 2-0 070 



