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pinkish-white, and the markings, arranged almost entirely in an 

 irregular zone round the larger end, consist of smudgy purplish- 

 grey under-markings with overlying spots, scrolls, and lines of deep 

 brown. It measures -64 by •46. 



1. Amboina (Nehrkom Coll), Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ARACHNOTHERA, Temm. 



Arachnothera longirostris {Lath.). 

 (Plate I. fig. 8.) 



Arachnotbera longirostra, Shelley, Mnnogr. Nect. p. ?&7 (1876-80). 



Arachnothera longirostris, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 103 (1884) ; 

 Oaies, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 371 (1890) ; Baker, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 345 ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 78 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 68 (1906). 



Eggs of the Little Spider-hunter are of a regular oval form and 

 devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is white, and the markings, 

 mostly concentrated into a strongly defined zone round the larger 

 end of the shell, consist of pale violet-grey, and small, usually very 

 small, closely approximated surface-spots of reddish-brown or light 

 red. The eggs mea'sure from "74 to "77 in length, and from "49 to 

 •61 in breadth. 



2. Margherita, Assam, 12tb May. E. 0. Stuart Baker, Esq. [0.1 



3. Jillalpur, Cachar, 4th April E. 0. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.J. 



(G. H. A. Hole). 

 2. Java, 23rd June. Crowley Bequest. 



Arachnothera magna {Hodgs.). 



(Plate I. fig. 13.) 



Arachnothera magna, Shelley, Mmogr. Nect. p. 347 (1876-80) ; Gadnw, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 105 (1884) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 ii. p. 369 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests §• Fggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 268 

 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 78 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 58 (1906). 



The eggs of the Large Indian Spider-hunter are of a pointed 

 oval form and very smooth and glossy. Two specimens are of a 

 plain brownish-bronze colour ; another is entirely of a purplish- 

 brown colour; and other specimens are purplish-brown, mottled 

 with a darker shade of the same. Six examples measure from 

 •86 to •Q? in length, and from -63 to -72 in breadth. 



1. Darjiling, Sikhim (Z. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, Daqiling (/. Oammie). Hume Coll. 

 2. Mongphoo (J. G.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Myawaddy, Tenasserim, 17th Hume Coll. 



April (C. T. Bingham). 



