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bright yellow ; edge of wing and under wing-coverts mottled 

 whitish. 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 

 [ cJ 1. Type of A. lomjirosiris 



(Raffles) 1-5 3-3 l-o 076 



S . Malacca l-4o 3-2 1-5 076 



Penang 1-52 3-4 17 075 



[ $ ad.]. Borneo 1'60 305 1-3 075 



Hah. Malacca, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



a. Ad. St. Indian archipelago. Piu-chased. 



6, c, (^, e. Ad. sk. Malacca (C'wnto;-). India Museum. 



f. Ad. sk. Malacca. A. II. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



g. (S ad. sk. Malacca (A. JR. Wallace'). Gould Collection. 

 h. Ad. sk. Singapore. Gould Collection. 



i. Ad. sk. Piuang. E. W. Gates, Esq. [C.]. 



k. Ad. sk. Sumatra {Sir S. Raffles). Gould Collection. 



/. Ad. sk. Sumatra (iS/V S. Raffles). {A. lonffirodrisjUafRsa.) 



m. Ad. sk. West Sumatra. Dr. Faber [C.]. 



n, 0. cJ 5 ^^- ^t- Borneo. Purchased. 



p. <S ad. St. Java. Purchased. 



q. Ad. sk. Java {Horsjield). (Type of A. longirostris, 



Horsfield.) 



'■•[?] ^^- ^^- Borneo. Rajah Brooke [P.]. 



8. Arachnothera flaviventris. 



Anthreptes flavigaster, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. lOo. 



Ai'achnothera tlavigastra, Slyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 981 (1843) ; 



Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 460 ; Pelzeln, Reise Novara, Vog. p. 53 



(1865) ; Tiveeddak, Ibis, 1877, p. 300. 

 Ai-achnothera ilavigaster, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 557 (1845), xv. 



p. 43 (1846) ; Grail, Gen. B. i. p. 99, no. 5 (1847) ; Bhjth, Cat. B. 



Mus. As. Soc. p. 222, no. 1342 (1849) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. 



E.I. Co. Miis. ii. p. 728, no. 1058 (1856) ; 'Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. Ill, no. 1369 (1869) ; Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 85. 

 Arachnothera latirostris, Reichb. Handb. Scansorice, \ 316, no. 747, 



pi. 593. 6gs. 4024-25 (1854). 

 Arachnothera eytonii, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genma, v. p. 182 



(1874).' 

 Arachnoth3ra simillima, Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 487 ; id. 1878, 



p. 171. 

 Arachnoraphls flavigastra, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 373. pi. 120. 



In general appearance very similar to A. clirijsogenys, but this 

 species is larger ; the culmen is rounded ; the region round the 

 eye and the lower half of the ear-coverts are sulphur-yellow ; 

 cheeks covered with olive feathers ; the shafts and centre of the 

 feathers of the throat and breast are pale, not brownish; the 

 sides and flanks have a little stronger tinge of greenish colour. 

 " Iris deep brown ; eyelids black ; legs and feet reddish ochre ; 

 claws horny brown " {Shelley). Total length about 7 inches, ex- 

 cluding bill. 



