136 



220q. Spilornis cheela davisoni Hume, Stray Andaman 

 Feath.,i.,p. 307 (1873). [S. Andaman I., Islands, 

 type in Brit. Mus.] 

 Andaman Serpent-Eagle. 



Larger ; wing ? 385-410 mm. ; throat 

 ashy ; chest pale ashy brown finely vermi- 

 culated ; below tawny, the white spots 

 rounded, becoming bars on thighs ; tail 

 with the pale band, but a distinct basal one 

 brown. 



220r. Spilornis cheela palawanensis W. Sclat., Palawan I. 



Bull. B.O.Cxl., p. 38(1919). {^Palawan, (Philippines), 



type in Brit. Mus.] Balabac I. 

 Palawan Serpent- Eagle. 



Wing 380-410 mm. " Perhaps closest to 

 the Andaman race (5. c. davisoni) but 

 distinguished by the richness of its colour- 

 ing and its breast being marked with narrow 

 transverse bands of dusky and rufous 

 brown — these bands often extending on to 

 the throat. . . . The spots on lower breast 

 and abdomen are large, conspicuous, and 

 white." 



221. spilornis minimus Hume, Stray Feath., 

 i., p. 464 (1873). [Kamorta, Nicobar Is., 

 type in Brit. Mus.] 

 Nicobar Serpent- Eagle. 



Very small and pale form ; wing o 288-291 

 $ 295-300 mm. ; head and crest (shorter) 

 brownish black with paler edgings ; tail 

 with the terminal and median bands dusky 

 brown instead of black, the subterminal 

 and basal bands light brown ; throat and 

 chest pale fulvous brown without vermicu- 

 lations ; bands on primaries below as well 

 as tips dusky brown instead of black. 



Nicobar Is 

 (Kamorta, 

 Trinkut, 

 Katchal, Little 

 Nicobar) . 



