ARACHNOTHERA. 663 



G78. ARACHNOTHERA DILUTIOR Sharpe. 



PALE SPIDEK HUNTEE. 



Arachnothera dUutior Sharpe, Nature (1876), 14, 298; Shelley, Monogr. 

 Nectarin. pt. 3 (1877), 363, pi. 116; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mu8. 

 (1884), 9, 105; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 100. 



Palawan {Steere, Everett, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns <& Worcester. 

 Celestino, White) . 



Male. — Crown olive-brown ; ear-coverts leaden gray ; remainder of 

 upper parts olive-green ; chin, throat, and chest light gray ; lower breast, 

 sides, and abdomen pale gi-een; crissum very pale gray; pectoral tufts 

 chrome-yellow; wings and tail blackish brown, the feathers edged with 

 olive-green. A male measures : Wing, 70 ; tail, 48 ; culmen from base, 

 37; bill from nostril, 31; tarsus, 17. 



Female. — Similar to the male. Wing, 63 ; tail, 44 ; culmen from 

 base, 33; bill from nostril, 28; tarsus, 17. 



In this species the yellow pectoral tufts are present in both sexes and 

 are of a ligliter yellow than in the male of A. flamniifera. 



"Ten males average : Length, 165 ; wing, 69 ; tail, 48 ; culmen, 40 ; 

 tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 23. Ten females, length, 144; wing, 

 61; tail, 42; culmen, 35; tarsus, 16; middle toe with claw, 16. Iris 

 brown, legs, feet, and nails slaty blue; bill black except base of lower 

 mandible, which is gray. Food spiders and insects." {Bourns and 

 Worcester MS.) 



679. ARACHNOTHERA PHI LIPPI NENSIS (Steere). 

 NAKED-FACED SPIDEE HUNTER. 



Philemon philippinensis Steebe, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 



21. 

 Arachnothera clarw Platen, Jour, fiir Orn. (1890), 148. 

 Arachnothera philippinensis Grant, Ibis (1897), 237; Whitehead, Ibis 



(1899), 231; McGregor and Woscester, Hand-List (1906), 100. 



Leyte (Whitehead); Mindanao (Platen); Samar (Steere Exp., Whitehead). 



"Adult female. — Above olive-green; wings brown, edged with olive- 

 yellow ; under surface ashy olive, washed with olive-green ; forehead, space 

 about gape, in front of eye, and ear-coverts bare. Length, 168 ; wing, 81 ; 

 tail, 46; culmen, 39." (Steere.) "Iris and bill black; feet pinkish 

 brown ; gape brilliant white ; bare skin on face pinkish yellow." ( White- 

 head.) 



Grant states that the plumage is identical in the two sexes of this 

 species. 



