THE IBIS. 



FOUETH SERIES. 



No. XX. OCTOBER 1881. 



XL. — Ornithological Notes made in the Straits Settle- 

 ments and in the Western States of the Malay Peninsula. 

 By Lieut. H. R. Kelham, 74tli Highlanders. 

 (Continued from p. 395.) 



Arachnothera longirostra (Lath.). The Small Spider- 

 hunter. 



My only specimen was shot in the neighbourhood of 

 Malacca. 



This bird is very like^ if not identical with, Blyth^s A. 

 pusilla. 



Arachnothera chrysogenys, Temm. 



My specimens are from Malacca and Jahore. 



Arachnothera modesta (Eyt.). The Large Spider-hunter. 



Probably fairly plentiful^ as I bought several skins from 

 the Malacca collectors. 



Once, during May, I myself shot one near Enggar, a small 

 village on the left bank of the Perak river, and distant about 

 140 miles from its mouth. I was returning to Kuala Kang- 

 sar, after a few days' trip up stream, and had passed a most 



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