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909. Araclmothera longirostris. Tlie Little Sjnder-hunter. 



Certhia longirostra, Lath. Ind. Orn. i, p. 299 (1790). 



Arachnothera afiinis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 48 (1840) : id. Cat, 

 p. 222. 



Arachnothera pusilla, Blyth, Cat. p. 328 (1849) ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. 

 ii, p. 730 ; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 361 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 85. 



Arachnothera longirostra {Lath.), Shelley, Mon. Nect. pp. xlix, 1, 

 857, pi. 114 ; Fair bank, S. F. v, p. 397 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, 

 p. 174 ; Hume, Cat. no. 224 ; Gadoiv, Cat. B. M. ix, p. 103 ; Oaten, 

 B. B. i, p. 330 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 135 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 80. 



Coloration. Hale. Upper plumage olive-green, the feathers of 

 the forehead and crown centred with dark brown ; lesser wing- 

 coverts like the back ; greater coverts and the wings brown, edged 

 with olive-green; tail blackish, tipped with dull white and obsoletely 

 margined with olive-green ; lores whitish ; sides of the head ashy 

 brown ; a short moustachial streak dark brown ; chin and throat 

 dull white ; remainder of lower plumage deep yellow ; a tuft of 

 feathers on each side the breast chrome-yellow. 



Female. Differs in wanting the pectoral chrome-yellow tufts. 



Bill above brown, below plumbeous ; iris dark brown ; legs 

 plumbeous : claws horn-colour. 



Length 6*3; tail 1*6; wing 2*6 ; tarsus *65 ; bill from gape l - 5. 



Distribution. The Western Grhats of India from the Palni hills 

 to about the latitude of Belgaum, up to about 5500 feet ; the 

 extreme eastern part of Assam ; Cachar ; Tipperah ; Sylhet ; 

 Manipur; Chittagong; Arrakan; Pegu and the whole of Tenas- 

 serim, extending down the Malay peninsula to the islands. 



Habits, 4'c. The nest of this species has not yet been found 

 within Indian limits, but Bernstein, who procured it elsewhere, 

 describes it as being oval and attached to the underside of a large 

 leaf which forms the back wall of the nest. 



910. Arachnothera chrysogenys. The Yellow-eared Spider- 

 hunter. 



Nectarinia chrysogenys, Temm. PI. Col. pi. 388, fig. i (1826). 



Arachnothera chrysogenys (Temm.), Blyth, Cat. pp. 222, 327 : Horsf. 

 Sf M. Cat. ii, p.' 729 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 85; Hume § Dav. S. F. 

 vi, p. 177 ; Shelley, Mon. Nect. pp. xlix, li, 365, pi. 117 ; Hume, 

 Cat. no. 224 ter ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 331 ; Gadow,Cat. B. M. ix, p. 108. 



Coloration. Upper plumage dull olive-green, the feathers of the 

 head dark-centred; coverts and quills dark brown, broadly edged 

 with the colour of the back ; tail olive-green ; feathers on the edge 

 of the upper eyelid and a bunch of feathers springing from near 

 the angle of the gape bright yellow ; ear-coverts and sides of neck 

 like the back ; cheeks, chin, throat, and upper breast dull brownish 

 green, the centres of the feathers darker ; lower breast, abdomen, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts yellow ; sides of the body yellow, 

 tinged with dusky ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale yellow. 



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