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ARACHNOTHERA CHRYSOGENYS. 



(LESSER YELLOW-EARED SPIDER-HUNTER.) 



Cinnyris longirostra, Horsf. (nee Lath.), Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 169 (1820); Vig. Mem. Raffles, 

 p. 672 (1831). 



Certhia longirostra, Raffles, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 299 (1822). 



Arachnothera chrysogenys, Temm. PI. Col. 388, fig. 1 (1826); Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv, p. 512 

 (1829) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 981 (1843) ; S, Mull. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Land- en Volkenk. 

 p. 405 (1843); Mull. & Schl. op. cit. Zool. Aves, p. 69 (1846) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 43 

 (1846); Gray, Gen. B. i, p. 99, no. 3 (1847); Low, Sarawak, p. 410 (1848); Blyth, Cat. 

 B. Mus. A. S. B. pp. 222, 327 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 410, no. 4 (1850) ; Cab. 

 Mus. Hein. i, p. 106 (1850); Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 55 (1854); Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, 

 p. 316, no. 748, pi. 592, fig. 4020 (1854) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii, p. 729, 

 no. 1061 (1856) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 460 ; Pelz. Reise Nov. Vog. p. 52 (1865) ; Gray, 

 Hand-1. B. i, p. Ill, no. 1377(1869); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, v, p. 181 (1874) ; 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 107 ; Hume, Str. F. 1875, pp. 85, 319 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 18 ; 

 Tweeddale, torn. cit. p. 301. 



Cinnyris chrysogenys, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 31 (1828). 



Arachnothera flavigenis, Swains. Class. B. ii, p. 329 (1837). 



c? ad. supra obvascens, pilei plumis obscure medialiter saturatioribus : alis saturate brunneis, tectricibus 

 anguste dorsi colore limbatis : remigibus et tectricibus ruajoribus aurato-viridibus : Cauda brunnea 

 aurato-obvaceo lavata : supercilio et regione parotica laete flavis : colli lateribus et regione parotica 

 summa olivascentibus : genis et gutture toto olivascenti-flavis, plumis lsetiore flavo obscure margiuatis : 

 abdomiue et pectore cum subcaudalibus bete flavis, hypochondriis olivaceo vix lavatis : subalaribus 

 palhde brunneis, flavido margiuatis : remigibus subtiis brunneis, intiis pallide fulvescentibus. 



$ ad. mari similis. 



Hab. in peninsula Malayana et in insubs " Java," " Sumatra/' et " Borneo " dictis. 



Adult Male. Similar in plumage to tbe female. 



Adult Female. Upper parts olive ; the dark centres to tbe feathers of the crown barely visible ; wings dark 

 brown, the least series of coverts very broadly edged with olive, and the remainder of the feathers 

 edged with golden olive ; tail brown strongly washed with golden olive; space in front of and below the 

 eyes without feathers ; a broad eyebrow and the front and lower half of the ear-coverts bright yellow, 

 remainder of the ear-coverts olive ; throat and front of the chest olive-yellow, broadly but indistinctly 

 streaked with yellow and dusky olive; under surface of the body and the under tail-coverts bright 

 yellow slightly shaded on the sides with olive; under surface of the wings brown with the inner 

 margins of the quills and the coverts buff. Total length 5'8 inches, culmen T65, wing 3, tail 1*4, 

 tarsus 0"75. 



Hab. Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



