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216. 



Length 33 in. ; wing 20.5 ; tail 15 in. ; above 

 rich broMii, Avith ]ia I or margins to the feathers, 

 especially on liead, Avhere they are Avhitish 

 Iniff ; tail dark brown Asith about 4 darker 

 bands ; below ereanij- white, the thighs and 

 flank feathers Avith reddish broA\n shaft 

 stripes. 



Pithecophaga jejferi/i Ogih'ie Grant, Bull. 

 B.O.C., vi., p. xvii. (Dee. 30, 189C) ; id., Ibis, 

 1897, p. 214, pi. V. {Samnr, Philipp. Is.] 

 Philippine Monkey-Eagle. 



Philippine 

 Islands. 



Gen. LVIII. SPILORXIS Gray (1840). 



Crest feathers of head rounded, not lanceolate ; face 

 bare with only a fcAv short bristles. 



Length? (Himalayas) 30 ; Aving 19.50-21 in. ; 

 (^ (Simla, N.W. Himalayas) length 27.50, 

 wing 20.1 in. ; AA'ings reaching bcA'ond median 

 pale band on tail ; aboA'e purplish broAAii ; 

 head and crest black AA'ith Avhite bases ; AA'ing- 

 coA^eits with small spots of Avhite ; secon- 

 daries broadly and upper tail-coA^erts narroAvly 

 tipped AA^th AA'hitc ; tail black AA'ith a very 

 broad median band of broAAiiish Avhite ; 

 throat, hind cheeks and ear-coverts blackish 

 browii ; below pale ochraceous broAAai ; chest 

 with transA' erse A-ermicidations of dark broAvn; 

 breast and belly AA'ith spots of AA'hite (bordered 

 with dark broAAii), becoming bars on thighs 

 and under tail-coA^erts ; under AA'ing-coverts 

 pale rufous ; outer ]irimaries AA^hite beloAv Avith 

 terminal black band about 4 in. Avide and one 

 median blackish band, also slight remains of a 

 second band near base. 

 217. Spilornis cheela cheela (Lath.), Ind. Orn,, i., 

 p. 14 (1790). [" India " = LucknoAv, apiid 

 W. L. Sclat.] 

 Crested Serpent -Eagle. 



Smaller, tarsi more slender and feet smaller ; 

 Avingc^ (S. India) 16 in. ; (Centr. Pro v.) 17.25 

 in. ; (Assam) 17-17.50 in. ; wing $ (Assam) 

 17 in., (Centr. Prov.) 18.25-18 75 in. ; above 

 darker ; throat less blackish, much broAAner, 

 but with blackish shaft stripes ; much darker 



Himalayas 

 (Kashmir 

 to Nepal) ; 

 in winter to 

 N. India. 



