162 BIRDS FROM 
N°. 14, 9, Tandjong Priok, 1 November 1907. 
— 18, 2, Moeara Antjol near Batavia, 8 December 1907. 
— 46, {, Moeara Antjol near Batavia, 15 December 1907. 
— 601, 603, / {/, Batavia, 14 October 1908. 
— 727,9, Moeara Karang near Batavia, 17 November 1908. 
Malay names: sapian, tjanting and patok madoe. 
Arachnothera longirostra prillwitzi Hartert. 
Arachnothera longirostris prillwitzi Hartert, Nov. Zool. VIII, 1901, p. 51. 
Arachnothera longirostris, Gadow, Cat. B. Br. M. IX, 1884, p. 103. 
Nes, 406, 407, 408, QQ, Moendoe, Goenoeng Karang, 
Bantam, 10 September 1908. 
Sundaic name: patok djantoeng. 
Specimens from Java have, as a rule, a longer and stronger 
bill than those from Borneo. The yellow of their breast 
aud abdomen is only a trifle brighter; sometimes however 
specimens from Borneo are as bright golden yellow as 
specimens from Java. The bill in the three specimens 
measures respectively 40, 45 and 40 mm. 
Arachnothera affinis (Horsfield). 
Cinnyris affinis Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, XIII, 1822, p. 166. 
Arachnothera affinis, Gadow, Cat. B. Br. M. IX, 1884, p. 106. 
N°. 173, Q, Batavia, 22 February 1908. 
— 232, ©, Palaboean Ratoe, Wijnkoopsbaai, 11 March 
1908, 
— 382, 383, 99, Lemah Beureum, Goenoeng Karang, 
Bantam, 4 September 1908. 
— 384,92, Moendoe, Goenoeng Karang, 10 September 1908. 
— 385, 6’, Tji Passoh, Goenoeng Karang, 25 August 1908. 
— 386, o, Pasir Burih, Goenoeng Karang, 8 August 1908. 
Sundaic name: klatjes. 
According to Mr. Jacobson this bird is abundant in 
flowering aren-trees. f 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXII. 
