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Geographic distribution. — Himalaya Mountains, from Kashmir to 

 Sikkim, and (in winter) northern India. 



2. Spilornis cheela melanotis (Jerdon). 



Falco albidus Temminck, Nouveau recueil de planches colorizes d'oiseaux, vol. 1, 

 livr. 4, texte to pi. 19, p. [1], Apr., 1822. ("I'Inde"; "Pondichery.") (Pre- 

 occupied by Falco albidus Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. i, p. 267, 

 July 25, 1788). 



Buteo melanotis Jerdon, Madras Journ. Lit. and Sci., vol. 13, pt. 1, no. 30, p. 166, 

 "April, 1844" [June-September, 1844]. ("Foot of the Neilgherries" 

 [southern India]). 



Geographic distribution. — Southern, central, and eastern India, 

 north to Assam. 



3. Spilornis cheela spilogaster (Blyth). 



H[3ematornis]. spilogaster Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 21, new ser., 

 no. 54, p. 351, 1852 (June or later). ("Ceylon.") 



Geographic distribution . — Ceylon . 



4. Spilornis cheela burmanicus Swann. 



Spilornis cheela burmanicus Swann, A synoptical list of the Accipitres, pt. 3, 

 p. 81, Jan. 20, 1920. ("Jobin, Thayetmyo, Burma.") 



Geographic distribution. — Burma, north to central upper Burma and 

 the Shan States; and south to central Tenasserim. 



5. Spilornis cheela ricketti Sclater. 



Spilornis cheela ricketti Sclater, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 40, no. 245, p. 37, 

 Dec. 8, 1919. ("Yamakan, Fokien Province, South China,") 



Geographic distribution. — Southern China, south to northern Upper 

 Burma (Chindwin district). 



6. Spilornis cheela floweri Swann. 



Spilornis cheela floweri Swann, A synoptical list of the Accipitres, pt. 3, p. 81, 

 Jan. 20, 1920. ("Tahkaman and Chantaboon, Siam.") 



Geographic distribution. — Siam. 



7. Spilornis cheela rutherfordi Swinhoe. 



Spilornis rutherfordi Swinhoe, Ibis, new [2d] ser., vol. 6, no. 21, p. 85, Jan., 1870. 

 ("Shuy-wei-sze [Central Hainan] to Tai-ping-sze.") 



Geographic distribution. — Hainan Island, to French Indo-China. 



8. Spilornis cheela hoy a Swinhoe, 



Spilornis hoya Swinhoe, Ibis, new [2d] ser., vol. 2, no. 7, p. 304, July, 1866. 

 ("Tamsuy" [Formosa].) 



Geographic distribution. — Formosa Island, Japan, 



9. Spilornis cheela perplexus Swann. 



Spilornis cheela perplexus Swann, A synopsis of the Accipitres, pt. 3, p. 135, 

 Feb. 16, 1922. ("Triomate, Yayeyema, S. Loo Choo Is.") 



Geographic distribution. — Kiu Kiu Islands, Japan. 



10. Spilornis cheela davisoni Hume. 



S[pilornis]. Davisoni Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. 1, nos. 2-4, p, 307, Feb., 1873 

 (in text). ("Andamans.") 



Geographic distribution. — Andaman Islands, 



