426 Mr. R. B. Sharpe o» the 



nests about the middle of March on the spurs of Kina Balu. 

 Axis 0*95 inch, diam 0*7. 



Native name " Sassut basar," " Sussut " in Kadayan 

 means "lost/' busar "big/' that is in comparison with A. 

 longirostris. 



As both species have a peculiar habit of flying low and 

 fast through the jungle, uttering their peculiar call-note at 

 short intervals, the natives may have imagined that the bird 

 is "lost/' This species is one of the bird-omens of some 

 tribes. Iris and upper mandible black, lower one brown ; 

 feet dull flesh-colour.] 



157. Arachnothera longirostris. 



Arachnothera longirostris (Lath.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 186 ; 

 Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 357, pi. 114; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1887, p. 18; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 261; id. P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 796. 



a. S ad- Kina Balu, Feb. 15, 1887. 



h. $ ad. Kina Balu, March 4, 1887. 



[Fairly common in old forest, more so near the coast, 

 perhaps, than the last species. It reaches an altitude of 

 nearly 3000 feet on Kina Balu. 



The nest is different from that of A. modesta, the entire 

 structure being sewn on to the underside of some large leaf, 

 which forms one side of a pocket. The building-materials 

 are dead leaves. The nest I have is unfortunately un- 

 finished. 



Native name " Sussut,"] 



158. Arachnothera chrysogenys. 



Arachnothera chrysogenys, Tcmm. ; Salvad. t. c. p. 181; 

 Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 365, pi. 117; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 18; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 261. 

 a,b. (^ ? ad. Lawas River, March 26, 1886. 



[I only met with this species on the Lawas River, so per- 

 haps it is not so common in North as in Southern Borneo. 

 Iris black; bill black, vellowish at base; feet dull pink.] 



