FASCICULI MALATENSES 
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NECTARINIIDAE 
21. Arachnothera modest a, (Eyton.) 
Arachnothera affinis modesta, Harter /, p. 574. 
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9 ad, tl imm. Bukit Bcsar, Nawngcfoik, 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 arc 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 Stertuliaceae 
22. Arachnothera robusta, (Mull, and SchJ.) 
Arachnothera robusta, Harter /, p. 574. 
9 (d ) ad. Kulu Bidor, South Perak, 2tst February. (No. 6 79) 
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 longlro&tris, (Lath.) 
Arachnothera iongirostris, Sharpe , P.Z. 5 ., 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. chryaogenys, (Teinm.) 
Arachnothera chrysogenys, Gadow, Cat . B. Brit. Mus, ix, p. 108 (1884). 
$, 9 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.. 
