THE LESSER YELLOW-EARED SPIDER-HUNTER. 331 
313. ARACHNOTHERA CHRYSOGENYS. 
THE LESSER YELLOW-EARED SPIDER-HUNTER. 
Arachnothera chrysogenys, Temm. PL Col. 388. fig. 1 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 181 ; 
Hume, S. F. iii. p. 85 ; Shelley, Mon. Nect. pp. li^ 365, pi. 117 ; Hume 8f Dav. 
S. F. vi. p. 177 ; Hume, S. F. yiii. p. 89. 
Description. — Male and female. Upper plumage dull olive-green^ the 
feathers of the head dark-centred ; coverts and quills dark brown^ broadly 
edged with the colour of the back ; tail olive-green^ with a rufescent tinge ; 
feathers on the edge of the upper eyelid and a bunch of feathers springing 
from near the angle of the gape bright yellow ; ear- coverts and sides of 
neck like the back ; cheeks, chin, throat and upper breast dull brownish 
green, the centres of the feathers darker ; lower breast, abdomen, vent and 
under tail-coverts yellow ; sides of the body yellow, tinged with dusky ; 
under wing-coverts and axillaries pale yellow. 
Legs and feet fleshy white ; the bill darker horny brown ; the edges of 
both mandibles to within '6 of tip dirty yellow ; gape fleshy white ; irides 
brown. {Davison.) 
Length 7 inches, tail 1*7, wing 3*5, tarsus '75 ; bill from gape 1*8. The 
female is rather smaller. 
The Lesser Yellow-eared Spider-hunter was found by Mr. Davison in 
Tenasserim from Mergui down to Malewoon ; and he states that it is not 
uncommon. 
It ranges down the Malay peninsula and is found in the islands of 
Sumatra, Java and Borneo. Dr. Tiraud states that it is very common 
in Cochin China. 
Mr. Davison says of this species : — It aff'ects gardens more than anv 
of the other species ; in fact, all our specimens were obtained in gardens, 
and none about cocoanut-groves and forest trees ; and though, of course, 
it must occasionally occur about these also, I do not think that I have 
ever observed it in forest or scrub-jungle, or anywhere except in and about 
villages. In all its habits it resembles the other species. 
Arachnor aphis flavigastra, is a closely allied species inhabiting the Malav 
peninsula, and is likely to occur in Tenasserim. It may be recognized by 
its larger size, by the eye being entirely surrounded by yellow, and by its 
stouter and more flattened bill. 
