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pinkish-white, and the markings, arranged almost entirely in an 
irregular zone round the larger end, consist of smudgy purplish- 
grey under-markings with overlying spots, scrolls, and lines of deep 
brown. It measures ‘64 by °46. 
1. Ambvina (Nekrkorn Coll.), Crowley Bequest. 
Genus ARACHNOTHERA, Zemm. 
Arachnothera longirostris (Lath.). 
(Plate I. fig. 8.) 
Arachnothera longirostra, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 857 (1876-80). 
Arachnothera longirostris, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 103 (1884) ; 
Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 871 (1890) ; Baker, Ibis, 1896, 
p. 345; Nehrk. Kat. Lersamml. p. 78 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p- 58 (1906). 
Eggs of the Little Spider-hunter are of a regular oval form and 
devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is white, and the markings, 
mostly concentrated into a strongly defined zone round the larger 
end of the shell, consist of pale violet-grey, and small, usually very 
small, closely approximated surface-spots of reddish-brown or light 
red. The eggs measure from ‘7+ to ‘77 in length, and from -49 to 
*51 in breadth. 
2. Margherita, Assam, 12th May. K. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 
3. Jillalpur, Cachar, 4th April E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. | C.]. 
(G, H. A. Hole). 
2. Java, 23rd June. Crowley Bequest. 
Arachnothera magna (/odgs.). 
(Plate I. fig. 18.) 
Arachnothera magna, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 847 (1876-80); Gadow, 
Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 105 (1884); Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 
ii. p. 869 (1890) ; zd., ed. Hume, Nests §& Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 268 
(1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p.78 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p. 58 (1906), 
The eggs of the Large Indian Spider-hunter are of a pointed 
oval form and very smooth and glossy. Two specimens are of a 
plain brownish-bronze colour; another is entirely of a purplish- 
brown colour; and other specimens are purplish-brown, mottled 
with a darker shade of the same. Six examples measure from 
°86 to ‘97 in length, and from -63 to *72 in breadth. 
1. Danrjiling, Sikhim (Z. Mandelli). Hume Coll, 
2. Mongphoo, Darjiling (J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 
2. Mongphoo (J. G.). Hume Coll. 
1. Myawaddy, Tenasserim, 17th Hume Coll, 
April (C. 7. Bingham). 
