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906. Arachnothera magna . Ihe Larger Streaked Spider-h unti r. 



Cinnyris magna, Hodge. Inch Rev. 1837, p. 272 



Araclmothera magna (Hodge.), Blyth, Cat. p. 221 ; Horsf. &• M. Cat. 

 11, p. 725 -Jerd. B IA, p . 360; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 

 W 3 " V ? vme ' ?' F ' ui ' P" 85 ' Commie, S. F. v, p. 386 ; SheUey, 

 Man. hect. pp. xhx, 347, pi. 112; Hume 8f Dav. 8. F. vi, p. 173; 

 Hume, Cat no. 223 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 327 ; Bingham S. F. ix 

 p. 100 ; Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix, p. 105 ; Hume, 8. F. xi, p. 70 

 Gates m Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 268. 



The Large Spider-hunter, Jerd.; Dom-siriok-pko, Lepch.; Yedona- 

 indtaiig, lihut. 1 ' '' 



Fig. 101.— Head of A. magna. 



Coloration. Forehead and crown olive-yellow, each feather with 

 a large black patch in the centre ; lesser and median wing-coverts 

 the same; remainder of the upper plumage olive-yellow, with 

 distinct broad black shaft-stripes ; greater wing-coverts and fcqr- 

 tiaries olive-yellow with black shafts ; primaries and secondaries 

 dark brown, margined with olive-yellow; tail olive-yellow, eaeh 

 feather with a baud of black near the end, followed on all but the 

 median pair by a lighter patch of pale yellowish ; sides of the head 

 like the back, but paler ; the entire under plumage pale yellowish, 

 each feather with a broad streak of black. 



Bill black ; iris brown ; legs orange-yellow ; claws yellow. 



Length 7 ; tail 2 ; wing 3-7 ; tarsus -8 ; bill from gape 1-8. 



Distribution. The Himalayas, from Bilaspur in the Sutlej valley 

 (according to Stoliczka, I. c.) to the extreme east of Assam ; the 

 valley of Assam ; the Khasi hills ; Manipur; Arrakan; Tenasserim 

 as far south as Tavoy and the Thoungyeen valley. This species is 

 probably spread over the whole of Burma, but I failed to meet with 

 it in any part of Pegu west of the Hittoung river. It occurs up to 

 5000 feet. 



Habits, 4'c. Breeds from May to August, constructing an open 

 cup-shaped nest of vegetable fibres felted together and mingled 

 with dead leaves, and lined with grass. The nest is attached by 

 half its rim to a plantain-leaf, to which it is sewn by very numerous 

 threads. The eggs, usually three in number, are brown speckled 

 with purple, and measure about -95 by '7. 



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