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AKACHNORAPHIS ROBUSTA. 



(ROBUST SPIDER-HUNTER.) 



Jrachnothera robusta, Mull. & Schl. Verh. Natuurl. Gesch. p. 68, pi. 11, fig. 1 (1846) ; Gray, 



Gen. B. i, p. 99, no. 7 (1847); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 222, no. 1346 (1849); Bp. 



Consp. Av. i, p. 410, no. 7 (1850); Cab. Mus. Hein. i, p. 106, no. 575 (1850); Schl. 



Handb. Dierk. p. 237 (1857); Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. Ill, no. 1373 (1869); Salvad. Ann. 



Mus. Civic. Genova, v, p. 184 (1874). 

 Arachnothera armata, Mull. & Schl. Verh. Natuurl. Gesch. p. 68, pi. 11, fig. 2 (1846) ; Gray, 



Gen. B. i, p. 99, no. 8 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 410, no. 8 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. 



p. Ill, no 1372 (1869). 

 Archnotheral, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 43, no. 6 (1846). 

 Arachnothera uropygialis, Gray, Gen. B. i, pi. 33 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 410, no. 10 



(1850); Cab. Mus. Hein. i, p. 106, no. 574 (1850); Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 55 (1854); 



Gray, Hand-1. B. i, prill, no 1366 (1869). 

 Arachnoraphis armata, Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 313, no. 737, pi. 594, fig. 4029 (1854). 

 Arachnoraphis robusta, Reichb. torn. cit. p. 314, no. 739, pi. 594, fig. 4031. 

 Arachnocestra uropygialis, Reichb. torn. cit. p. 315, no. 742, pi. 592, fig. 4017. 

 Nectarinia robusta, Schl. Handb. Dierk. i, p. 237 (1857). 



6 ad. supra olivascenti-viridis, dorsi postici plumis longis sericeis flavidis : pilei antici plumis medialiter 

 brunneis quasi squamatis : tectricibus alarum minimis dorso concoloribus : medianis, majoribus et 

 remigibus saturate brunneis, olivascenti-flavo limbatis : rectricibus nigris, exterioribus ad apicem 

 pogonii interni albidis : plumis anteocularibus fuscis : facie laterali olivascenti-viridi, pileo concolori : 

 genis, gutture et pectore olivascenti-flavis, plumis medialiter fusco lineatis : corpore reliquo subtus 

 laetius flavo : hypochondriis viridi lavatis : fasciis peetoralibus lastissime flavis : subalaribus et axillaribus 

 pallide flavidis, ex illis marginalibus albidis basaliter saturate brunneis : alis subtus brunneis intiis cine- 

 rascenti lavatis : rostro brunnescenti-nigro, gonyde versus basin pallidiore : pedibus saturate brunneis : 

 iride saturate brunneL 



2 ad. mari similis, sed fasciis peetoralibus nullis distinguenda. 



Hab. in peninsula Malayana, et in insulis " Java," " Borneo " dictis. 



Adult Male. Upper parts olive-green ; sides of the head olive-green, of a slightly more yellow shade on the 

 cheeks ; wings dark brown, the least series of wing-coverts edged with olive-green, the other feathers 

 with olive-yellow; upper tail- coverts dark brown, broadly edged with olive-yellow; on the sides of the 

 middle back there are tufts of long yellow and olive silky feathers capable of being drawn over the 

 rump ; tail blackish brown, the feathers narrowly edged with olive-yellow, and with pale ends to some 

 of the outer feathers, becoming white on the inner webs ; underparts sulphur-yellow, slightly shaded 

 with olive on the throat and front of the breast, and with broad brownish olive central streaks to the 

 feathers of the lower throat ; pectoral tufts chrome-yellow ; bill and legs brownish black, paler on the 



