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gray with dark shafts to the feathers, changing sometimes to indis- 

 tinct white and pale rufous barring on the abdomen ; the remaining 

 underparts pure white; an indistinct pale rufous-gray area on the 

 shoulder ; the primaries deep rufous, barred and broadly tipped with 

 black ; the edge of the wing and the under wing coverts pure white. 



A smallish hawk with gray head and breast, rufous wings and tail, 

 and most of the face and bill deep yellow, this species is unmistakable. 



SPIZATEUS NIPALENSIS FOKIENSIS W. L. Sclater 



Chinese Crested Hawk Eagle 



Spizaetus nipalensis folciensis W. L. Sclater, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 40, 1919, 



p. 37 (Fuhkien Province, South China). 

 Spizaetus limnaetus, Gyldenstolpe, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 1915, p. 233 



(listed). 

 Spizaetus cirrhatus limnaeetus, Gyldenstolpe, Ibis, 1920, p. 743 (Khun Tan). 

 Spizaetus nipalensis fokiensis, de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



1934, p. 270 (Doi Suthep). — Deignan, Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., 



1936, p. 77 (Doi Suthep). 



The status of this large hawk is uncertain. De Schauensee took a 

 female on Doi Suthep at 4,500 feet, February 27, 1933, and Eisenhofer 

 sent to Stockholm two skins without other data than Khun Tan; 

 otherwise there are no definite records. In the jungle on Doi Suthep 

 I frequently saw birds that may have been this form but was neve** 

 able to take specimens for verification. 



An adult specimen from southeastern Thailand has the feathers 

 of the head pale brown, more pale rufous on the nape, with blackish 

 centers ; the long, narrow crest feathers black with pale, narrow tips ; 

 the upperparts dark brown ; the tail crossed by four blackish bands ; 

 the throat rufous-white, with a conspicuous black mesial stripe and 

 a black stripe at each side; the underparts fulvous-brown on the 

 breast, chocolate-brown on the abdomen and thighs, spotted with 

 black and white on the throat and breast, barred with white else- 

 where ; most of the underwing boldly barred black and white, but a 

 large area about the center barred gray and white ; the tarsi densely 

 feathered onto the base of the toes. Immature birds differ chiefly 

 in having the head, neck, and underparts fulvous-white. 



I have examined the specimens in Stockholm upon which Gylden- 

 stolpe based his northern record for Spizaetus cirrhatus limnaeetus 

 and have decided that they must be referred to the present form. 

 Both have much more highly developed crests and heavier, stronger 

 claws than limnaeetus. 



