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spitzwärts sehr fein gezähnelt, des ünterschnabels etwas stärker gezähnelt; 2. — 
4. Schwinge zunehmend, 4. — 6. am längsten. Schwanz kurz gerundet. Lauf ziem- 
lich schlank, etwa ly^ so l*"g ^vi® Mittelzehe, Zehen schlank, hintere so lang 
wie äussere. Beine und Nägel dunkelfarbig. 
crassirostris Reiciienracii, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 314. — India, 
longirostris Reiciienbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 315. = Arachnothera Ion- 
girostris Gray. 
uropygialis Reichenbacii , Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 315. = Arachnothera uro- 
pygialis Gray. 
ARACHNOEAPHIS (Arachnotherinae. — apapif) aranea, paçLÇ acus) Reiciienbach, 
Handb. spec. Ornith. 1851. I. 313. = Arachnothera Temm. 
Schnabel so lang oder länger als der Kopf, am Grunde stark, im Verlauf 
bedeutend gebogen, bald von der Basis aus in die feine Spitze verdünnt, Firste 
verflacht. Brustbüschel! Schwanz gleichfederig gestutzt. 
armata Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 313. — Arachnothera armata Müll. 
flaviventris Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 313. = Arachnothera fia- 
vogaster Eyt. 
novae Guineae Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 314. = Arachnothera 
novae Guineae Müll. 
robusta Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 314. = Arachnothera robusta 
Müll. 
simplex Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 315. = Arachnothera simplex, 
species Septem cf. Gray Handlist Birds I. 112. = Arachnothera. 
ARACmVOTHEIIA (Arachnotherinae. — apapYj aranea, ^irjpa fera) Temminck, 
PI. color. 182? — Gray, Genera Birds I. 97. — Müller et Schlegel, Ver- 
handle nederl. overz. Bezild Aves 67. 
Synon.: Arachnechthra, Cyrtostomus, Leptocoma Cab. — Chalcostellia, Arachnocestra, 
Arachnoraphis Reichb. 
Bill long, curved , slightly depressed and broad at the base; the sides coin- 
pressed to the tip which is acute; the gonys long and curved and the lateral mar- 
gins finely serrated near the tip; the nostrils lateral, basal, with the opening co- 
vered by a large membranous scale. Wings moderate and rounded, with the fourth 
and fifth quills equal and longest. Tail moderate y broad and rather rounded. 
Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, strong and covered in front with broad scales. 
Toes long; the outer toe slightly longer than the inner and united at the base; 
the hind toe rather long and strong; the claws moderate, compressed and curved. — 
23 Specc. 
affinis Gray, Genera Birds I. 99. — Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1846. 
XV. 43. [India. Java. 
Cinnyris affinis Horsfield, Transact. Linn. Soc. 1821. XHI. 166. — [cf, 
A. inornata Less.] 
Cinnyris longirostris Jerdon, Madras Journ. XIH. 172. 
Arachnothera inornata Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1842. XI. 885; 1843. 
XH. 982; 1846. XV. 43. 
Arachnothera pusilla Blyth, Catal. Birds as. Soc. Append. 328. 
Arachnothera longirostris Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium L 409. nr. 2. 
Arachnorhaphis pusilla Gray, Handlist Birds L 111. 
Chess. Major, 
arniata Müller et Schlegel, Verhdlgn. nat. Gesch. nederl. overz. Bezitt. 68. 
Tb. 11. Fig. 2. [Java. Sumatra, 
Arachnorhaphis armata Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 313. 
aurata Blyth, Journ. asiat. Soc. Bengal 1855. XXIV. 478. [Pegu. 
clirysogenys Temminck, Ps. color. 388. Fig. 1. — Müller et Schlegel, Ver- 
hdl. nederl. overz. Bezitt. 69. [Malacca. Sumatra. Borneo. 
Certhia longirostris Raffles, Transact. Linn. Soc. 1822. XIII. 299. 
Arachnothera ßavigenys Swainson, Classific. Birds II. 329. 
Nectarinia chrysogenys Gray, Genera Birds I. 99, 
