Female.—Similar to the male. Wing, 63; tail, 44; culmen from base, 33; bill from nostril, 28; tarsus, 17.
In this species the yellow pectoral tufts are present in both sexes and are of a lighter yellow than in the male of A. flammifera.
“Ten males average: Length, 165; wing, 69; tail, 48; culmen 40; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 23. Ten females, length, 144; wing, 61; tail, 42; culmen, 35; tarsus, 16; middle toe with claw, 16. Iris brown, legs, feet, and nails slaty blue; bill black except base of lower mandible, which is gray. Food spiders and insects.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
679. ARACHNOTHERA PHILIPPINENSIS (Steere).
NAKED-FACED SPIDER HUNTER.
- Philemon philippinensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 21.
- Arachnothera claræ Platen, Jour. für Orn. (1890), 148.
- Arachnothera philippinensis Grant, Ibis (1897), 237; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 231; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 100.
Leyte (Whitehead); Mindanao (Platen); Samar (Steere Exp., Whitehead).
“Adult female.—Above olive-green; wings brown, edged with olive-yellow; under surface ashy olive, washed with olive-green; forehead, space about gape, in front of eye, and ear-coverts bare. Length, 168; wing, 81; tail, 46; culmen, 39.” (Steere.) “Iris and bill black; feet pinkish brown; gape brilliant white; bare skin on face pinkish yellow.” (Whitehead.)
Grant states that the plumage is identical in the two sexes of this species.