- Arachnothera flammifera Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 343; Shelley, Monogr. Nectarin. pts. 9 & 10 (1879), 361, pl. 115; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 104; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 230; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 100.
Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Bohol (McGregor); Leyte (Everett, Steere Exp., Whitehead); Mindanao (Platen, Celestino); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead).
Male.—Above olive-green, the bases of the crown-feathers dark brown; chin, throat, and breast light gray, washed with pale olive-green; abdomen, flanks, and crissum bright lemon-yellow; thighs gray, washed with yellow; a small tuft of feathers on each side of breast cadmium-yellow; wing-feathers blackish brown edged with olive-green; rectrices blackish, edged with olive-green and, except the middle pair, tipped with white and gray; axillars and wing-lining slightly washed with pale yellow. A male from Basilan measures: Length, 152; wing, 64; tail, 43; culmen from base, 35; bill from nostril, 28; tarsus, 15.
Female.—Slightly smaller than the male and without the yellow pectoral tufts. A female from Basilan measures: Wing, 59; tail, 38; culmen from base, 32; bill from nostril, 26; tarsus, 15.
“Four males average: Length, 141; wing, 62; tail, 45; culmen, 34; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 16. A female, length, 148; wing, 62; tail, 41; culmen, 41; tarsus, 16; middle toe with claw, 16. Iris reddish brown; legs and feet slate-blue; upper mandible black, lower black at tip, gray at base.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
678. ARACHNOTHERA DILUTIOR Sharpe.
PALE SPIDER HUNTER.
- Arachnothera dilutior Sharpe, Nature (1876), 14, 298; Shelley, Monogr. Nectarin. pt. 3 (1877), 363, pl. 116; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 105; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 100.
Palawan (Steere, Everett, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, White).
Male.—Crown olive-brown; ear-coverts leaden gray; remainder of upper parts olive-green; chin, throat, and chest light gray; lower breast, sides, and abdomen pale green; crissum very pale gray; pectoral tufts chrome-yellow; wings and tail blackish brown, the feathers edged with olive-green. A male measures: Wing, 70; tail, 48; culmen from base, 37; bill from nostril, 31; tarsus, 17.