38<^ MESSRS- ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



1. Arachnothera longirostra loncjirostra (Lath.). 



Gerthia longirostra Latham, Tnd. Oin. I, 1790, p. 299 (Bengal, 

 eiTore ! '^ylhei, fide Baker). 



2. Arachnothera longirostra prilholtzi Hartert. 



Nov. Zool. viii, 1901, p. 51 (Java). 

 This race is readily distinguished. 



3. Arachnothera longh'ostra buttikoferi van Oort. 



.Notes Leyden Mus. xxxii, 1910, p. 195 (Borneo). 

 This form can also be separated on specimens l)efore ns. 



4. Arachnothera longirostra rothschikU van Oort. 



Log. cit. supra (Natuna Islands). 



5. Arachnothera longirostra melanchima, Oberliolser. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. vol. 60, No. 7, 1912, p. 19. (Upper 

 Siak River, East Sumatra). 



6. Arachnothera longirostra exochra Oberliolser. 



Loc. cit. supra (South Pagi Island, West Sumatra). 



7. Arachnothera longirostra hypochra Oberliolser. 



Loc. cit. supra (North Pagi Island, West Sumatra). 



8. Arachnothera longirostra niasensis van Ooi-t. 



Loc. cit. supra (Nias Id.). 



9. Arachnothera longirostra zarhina Oberholser. 



Loc. cit. supra (Pulo Bangkaru, Banyak Islands, West Suma- 

 tra). 



10. Arachnothera longirostra flammif era Tweedd. 



Arachnothera flammif era, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 343 

 (Leyte, Philippine Islands). 



11. Arachnothera longirostra cUlutior Sharpe. 



Arachnothera dilutior, Sharpe, Nature, vol. 14, 1876, p. 298 

 (Palawan). 



12. Arachnothera longirostra pusilla Blyth. 



Arachnothera inornata (nee. Cinnyris inornata, Temm., 1823), 

 Blyth, Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xii, 1843, p. 982 (Malay 

 countries to Arracan : Mysore). 

 Arachnothera affinis (nee. Cinnyris affinis, Horsfield, 1821), 

 Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xv, 1846, p. 43, "eastern 

 coast of the Bay of Bengal ; Arracan to Malacca ; Mysore" 

 (nom. emend, for above). 

 Arachnothera pusilla, Blyth, Cat. Birds. Mus. Asiat. Soc. 

 Bengal, 1849, p. 328 (nom. emend, for above). "Hab. Also 

 Tippera". 

 There seems little doubt from the above synopsis of the liter- 

 ature that the typical race of this widely spread bird will have to 

 be regarded as that inhabitnig the Indian Empire. 



A. Hume & Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds), 1950. 



B. Muller, Die Ornis der Insel Salan^a, 188-2. F. Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. Gates, Birds Brit. Burmah, Vols, i <fc ii, 1883. C- Uairdner, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, i, 191.5. 



D. Bonhote. P. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Robinson, Journ. F. M. S. Museums, v, 1915. 



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