81 



spots below rounded and less distinct, the 

 darker margins nnieh paler ; jiriniaries below 

 as in S. c. cheela, but black terminal band not 

 more than 3 in. wide ; imder Aving-coverts 

 rufous with white spots, the outer edge w-hite. 

 217c. Sjjilornis cheela barmanicus subsp. nov. [^ 

 Jobin, Thayetmyo, Burnui, Mar. 5, 1905, in 

 coll. H. K. Swann, and examples in coll. Br. 

 Mus.] 

 Burmese 8erpent-Ri.gle. 



kSmaller ; wing (ex. from Hainan, Tring Mus.) 



$ 16-17 in., S 15.50-16.25 in. ; throat slaty 



brown to dusky. 



Spilornis cheela rutherfordi Swinh., Ibis, 1870, 



p. 85. [Central Hainan.] 



Hainan Serpent-Eagle. 



217d. 



217e. 



217f. 



Wing (ad. unsexed) 16.25-16.75 ; much paler 

 above and below ; wings strongly shaded 

 with grey ; sides of head slate grej^ ; throat 

 uniform with chest, which is pale ashy broAvn, 

 slightly vermiculated ; chest also sparingly 

 spotted ivith ichile like the Iow^t parts ; tail 

 brownish black, with brownish white median 

 band and remains of a basal one ; primaries 

 with one black median band below, besides 

 terminal one ; under wing-coverts rufous, 

 with W'hite spots, outer edges white. 

 Spilornis cheela fioweri, subsp. nov. [ad. un- 

 sexed, Tahkaman.Mar. 19, 1897, and Chanta- 

 boon, July 1896, S. 8. Flower, B.M. colL, Nos. 

 97.9.1.1 and 97.9.1.2.] 

 Siamese Serpent -Eagle. 



" Resembling S. c. cheela, but with upper jmrts 

 somewhat paler ashy brown, with a pxirplish 

 gloss, below dusty ashy ; transverse banding 

 on breast indistinct, often not noticeable ; 

 throat never black, but like the breast, cheeks 

 and ear-coverts grey, not black ; slightly 

 smaller wdngs " [18-19.25 in.]. 

 Spiloryiis cheela ricketti W. Sclat., Bull. B.O.C., 

 xl., p. 37 (1919). [c^ Yamakan, FokienProv., 

 type in B.M. coll.] 

 Chinese Serpent -Eagle. 



Burma, N. to 

 Upper Burma 

 and Shan 

 States, S. to 

 Tavoy, at 

 least, in 

 Tenasserim. 



Hainan I. ; 

 Indo China ? 



Siam. 



S. China to 



Upper 



Burma 



(Chindwin 



dist.) 



