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In this specimen, as quoted from the label by Mr. Hume (Str. F. iii. p. 320, note), " the 

 bill was darkish horny brown ; the irides lake-red ; the legs, feet, and claws pale reddish 



green. 



From Malacca and Singapore it has been recorded by Mr. Blyth. Miiller and Schlegel's 

 type specimens came from Sumatra, where they were discovered at Singalauk, 2000 feet above 

 the sea, in the woods of the mountain-chain between Padang and Goenong. 



In Borneo it has been collected by Mr. Low at Sarawak and in the north-west of the island 

 opposite Labuan, and by Mr. Everett at Bintulu. According to Beccari the iris is red; and 

 Salvadori observes that Doria found it to be fairly abundant about Sarawak, where it frequents 

 the highest trees. I cannot agree with the Count that it requires the separate genus Arachno- 

 j)Mla for its reception. Its structure appears to me to be similar to that of A. malaccensis ; and 

 the colouring of its plumage will not appear abnormal when compared with such a bird as 

 Anthreptes fraseri in the present genus, or Cinnyris verticalis, from West Africa, in the genus 

 Cinnyris. 



The figures in the illustration of this species represent the two Bornean specimens above 

 described and the type specimen of Mr. Hume's A. xanthochlora, which may be recognized by 

 its rather brighter and yellower shade of plumage. 



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