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ARACHNOTHEEA AFFINIS. 



(JAVAN GREY-BREASTED SPIDER-HUNTER.) 



Cinnyris affinis, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 166 (1820); Vig. Mem. Raffles, p. 672 



(1830). 

 Nectarinia inornata, Temm. PI. Col. 84, fig. 2 (1823). 

 Cinnyris inornatus, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 33 (1828). 

 Arachnothera inornata, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 292 (1831) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 43 (1846) ; 



S. Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Aves, p. 68, no. 3 (1846) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. 



pp. 222, 327 (1849); Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 409(1850); Keichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 316, 



no. 745, pi. 593, figs. 4021-22 (1854); Schl. Handl. Dierk. p. 237 (1857). 

 Arachnothera affinis, Gray, Gen. B. i, p. 99, no. 2 (1847) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. 



pp. 222, 327 (1849); Cab. Mus. Hein. i, p. 106, no. 573 (1850); Reichb. Handb. Scan- 



soriffi, p. 315, no. 744, pi. 594, figs. 4026-27 (1854) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. 



Mus. ii, p. 729, no. 1062 (1856) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. Ill, no. 1375 (1869). 

 1 Arachnothera liturata, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 55 (1854). 



Similis A. modesta sed major, supra magis aurato lavatus, subtiis magis distincte striatus : mandibula saturate 

 brunnea distinguendus. 



Hab. in insulis " Java " et lf Sumatra " dictis. 



Adult Male. Upper parts olive-shaded yellow with dusky black centres to the feathers of the forehead and 

 crown ; wings the same colour as the back, with the inner webs of the quills dark brown ; tail olive- 

 shaded yellow, with a broad terminal band and the inner webs of all but the two centre feathers dark 

 brown, and with a clear white subterminal spot on the inner webs of the four outer feathers on each 

 side ; sides of the head olive-yellow, shading into ashy grey in front of the eyes and on the lower 

 portion of the cheeks and ear-coverts; underparts pale brownish ash slightly tinted with olive; the 

 feathers on the throat with wide dark central streaks, and some of the chest-feathers with similar 

 marks, but more olive and less clearly defined ; under tail-coverts dusky olive broadly edged with pale 

 buff; under surface of the wings dark brown, with the inner margins to the quills and the coverts 

 white, the latter towards the edge of the wing shade into sulphur-yellow and having brownish black 

 centres ; upper mandible black, lower one dark brown ; irides and legs brown. Total length 7'4 inches, 

 culmen 1*3, wing 3 - 5, tail 2'4, tarsus 0"8. 



Adult Female. Similar in plumage to the adult male. Total length 68 inches, culmen 13, wing 3 - 15, 

 tail 2'1, tarsus - 75. 



Hab. Java and Sumatra. 



The present species, as I have already observed in my article upon A. modesta, is very similar in 

 plumage to that bird ; but it is of larger size, has the upper parts of a more golden shade, and 



