72' 



FASCICULI MALATENSES 



NECTARIIMIIDAE 



21. Arachnothera modesta, (Eyton.) 



Arachnothera affinis modesta, Hartert, p. 574. 



9 ad. et imm. Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. 2,500 feet. May. (Nos. 30, 54, 364) 



$ ad. Jeram Kawan, South Perak. 15th February. (No. 669) 



The Grey-breasted Spider-hunter has the iris hazel, the bill blackish, 

 yellowish horn-colour below, and the feet flesh. 



' The habits of all the species of Spider-hunters are very similar. On 

 Bukit Besar, where they are very abundant, they chiefly frequented the wild 

 banana and tall zingiberaceous plants that covered the clearing in which we 

 were encamped. They run along the underside of these broad leaves with 

 great rapidity, displaying a singular fearlessness. Their food in part at least 

 consists of vegetable matter, and they are particularly fond of the purple 

 seeds of a shrubby plant probably belonging to the Sterculiaceae.' 



22. Arachnothera robusta, (Mull, and Schl.) 



Arachnothera robusta, Hartert, p. 574. 



9(£)ad. Kulu Bidor, South Perak. 2 1st February. (No. 679) 



The example of the Stout-billed Spider-hunter is certainly a female, and 

 lacks the ornamental chest-plumes characteristic of the male. 

 Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 



23. Arachnothera longirostris, (Lath.) 



Arachnothera longirostris, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1887, p. 441. 

 Arachnothera longirostra, Hartert, p. 574. 



9 ad. Ban Sai Kau. 3,000 feet. 23rd May. 



In the Little Spider-hunter the iris is light brown, the bill black, greyish 

 at the base of the lower mandible, and the feet black. 



24. Arachnothera chrysogenys, (Temm.) 

 Arachnothera chrysogenys, Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ix, p. 108 (1884). 



$, $ ad. Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. 2,500 feet. 3rd and 4th May. (Nos. 45, 52, 57) 



The Yellow-eared Spider-hunter has the iris brown, the bill black, the 

 gape and tomia yellow, and the feet yellowish-grey. 



