662 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



Subfamily ARACHNOTHERIN>. 

 Genus ARACHNOTHERA Temminck, 1826. 



Bill twice as long as head and much curved ; nasal opercles unfeathered ; 

 wing moderate in length; first primary equal to about one-half the 

 second; tail nearly square. Colors olive-green, gray, and yellow, no 

 metallic feathers. Members of this genus are easily recognized by their 



very long bills. 



gpeofat. 



a 1 . Forehead, cheeks, ear-coverts, and gape-region lVatlicn-<l. 



6 1 . Smaller; exposed culmen, about 30 mm.; crissum lemon-yellow. 



flammifera (p. M>_! > 

 b~. Larger; exposed culmen. about .'5."> mm.; crissum pal- gray. 



dilutior (p. 663; ) 

 a 2 . Forehead, cheeks, ear-coverts, and gape-region naked, philippinensis (p. 663) 



677. ARACH MOTHER A FLAMMIFERA Tweeddale. 

 FLAME-TUFTED SPIDER HUNTER. 



Arachnothcra flam nrif era TWKEDDALE, Proc. Zbol. Soc. (18'si. :54:{; SHKU.KY. 

 Monogr. Nectarin. pts. 9 & 10 (1879), 361, pi. 115; GADOW. Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 104; WIIITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 230; MCGRKGOR 

 and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 100. 



Basilan (Stcere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino) ; Bohol ( M<-<ir> </<-> i : 

 Leyte (Everett, Rteerc Exp., Whitehead) ; Mindanao (Platen, Celestino) ; Samar 

 (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead). 



Male. Above olive-green, the bases of the crown-feathers dark brown ; 

 chin, throat, and breast light gray, washed with pale olive-green; abdomen, 

 flanks, and crissum bright lemon-yellow ; thighs gray, washed with yellow ; 

 a small tuft of feathers on each side of breast cadmium-yellow; wing- 

 feathers blackish brown edged with olive-green; rectrices blackish, edited 

 with olive-green and, except the middle pair, tipped with white and 

 gray; axillars and wing-lining slightly washed with pair yellow. A male 

 from Basilan measures: Length, 152; wing, 64; tail, 43; culmen from 

 base, 35; bill from nostril, 28; tarsus, 15. 



Female. Slightly smaller than the male and without the yellow pec- 

 toral tufts. A female from Basilan measures: Wing, 59; tail, 38; cul- 

 men from base, 32; bill from nostril, 26; tarsus, 15. 



"Four males average: Length, 141; wing, 62; tail, 45; culmen, 34; 

 tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw. 16. A female, length, 148; wing, 62; 

 tail, 41 ; culmen, 41 ; tarsus, 16 : middle toe with claw, 16. Iris reddish 

 brown; legs and feet slate-blue; upper mandible black, lower black at 

 tip, gray at base." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



