7. ARACHNOTHEKA. ]|-[ 



10, Arachnothera iliolophus. (Plate I. fig. 2.) 

 Melilestes_iliolophus, Salmd. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 951 m7S) 



XVI. p. to (1880J ; id. Or?i. Pajmas. e Moluccke, ii. p. 316, iii. p 543 • 

 TiAn^"^' '^'^"'''^- ^"'»- 'Soc, Zoo/, xvi. p. 437 (1882) ' 



Mehlestes affinis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p 952 (1875) 



xn. p. /5; td. Om. Pajruas. e Molucche, ii. p. 317. 



Crown, hind ueck, mantle, and back uniform olive-green with a 

 slight grey tinge, especially on the crown ; ^vings, wing-coverts, and 

 tail dark brown, extemaUy washed with dull olive; sides of head 

 and ear-coverts shghtly darker than the throat, fore ueck, and breast 

 which are pale yellowish grey washed with olive; abdomen and 

 flanks inclining to whitish yellow, like the axiUaries and a few tuft- 

 like feathers on the sides of the breast ; under wing-coverts and 

 inner margin of remiges whitish ; the feathers of the flanks and 

 lower back extraordinarUy fluffy, soft, and long; " bUl black, 

 whitish at the base of the mandible ; feet lead-colour" (Salvadori) 



ihe sexes are ahke in plumage. 



0-75-^?82 ^'"^^'^"^^ '^'''' ^^°S 2-4-2-6, tail 1-2-1-4, tarsus 



Hab. Islands of Miosnom and Jobi. South-eastern New Guinea 

 Vbs. home specimens have the crown of the head and the upper 

 chest shghtly more washed with grey {M. affinis, Salvad.). 



a. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mountains, S.E. New A. Goldie [0.1. 



Guinea. 



b, c. S ad. sk. Miosnom (April and May 1875). Dr. Beccari [0.]. 



11. Arachnothera polioptera. (Plate I. fig. i.) 



^^438 a88->T^°^'''''^' '^^""^'' '^''"'■"' ■^^""- '^^^- ^°^-' ^^■^- PP- 318, 



Melilestes poliopterus, Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Genov. xviii p 424- 



id. Om. Papuas. e Molucche, iii. p. 543. ' ^" ' 



Crown of head dark slaty grey ; side of head inclining to ohve- 

 grey which colour is just perceptible on the crown ; hiud neck 

 mantle and back rich olive-green; ^ngs, wing-coverts, and tail 

 blackish brown, ext.^rnally broacUy edged or washed with slaty ^rey 

 inner web of most of the tail-feathers narrowly tipped with white •' 

 under wing-coverts and inner margin of remiges silky white • all 

 the underparts of the body uniform rich olive-yellow • centre of 



o7tl.o'fl T"'' \'^T1 1"^'' ^^''^^ "^''^ ^''y''^' the feathers 

 of the flanks and of the lower back fluffy, but far less than iu 

 M.tholophus, and there is no indication of pectoral tufts ; bill and 

 feet^dark brown. Culmen 1-25 inch, wing 2-65, tail 1-5, tarsus 



Hah. Astrolabe Mountains, S.E. New Guinea. 

 a. Ad. sk. Asti-olabe Mountauis. A. Goldie [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



