ARACHNOTHERA. 663 
678. ARACHNOTHERA DILUTIOR Sharpe. 
PALE SPIDER HUNTER, 
Arachnothera dilutior Suarpr, Nature (1876), 14, 298; SuELtey, Monogr. 
Nectarin. pt. 3 (1877), 363, pl. 116; Gapow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
(1884), 9, 105; McGregor and WorcEstTER, 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 green; 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 lighter yellow than in the male of A. flammifera. 
“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 bltie; bill black except base of lower 
mandible, which is gray. Food spiders and insects.” (Bourns and 
Worcester MS.) 
679. ARACHNOTHERA PHILIPPINENSIS (Steere). 
< NAKED-FACED SPIDER HUNTER. 
Philemon philippinensis SrrEeRE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 
21. 
Arachnothera clare PLATEN, Jour. fiir Orn. (1890), 148. 
Arachnothera philippinensis Grant, Ibis (1897), 237; WHITEHEAD, Ibis 
(1899), 231; McGrrecor and WorcEsTER, 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. 
