2201. 
220k. 
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and abdomen broader, larger and more 
regular, in the form of remains of transverse 
bars; under wing-covert rufous brown, 
with very large spots of white, edge of wing 
white ; primaries below with the median 
black markings concentric on inner webs 
instead of forming bands, the terminal 
black and subterminal white bands about 
58 mm. wide. 
Spilornis cheela bido Horsf., Tr. Linn. Soc., 
xiii., p. 137 (1822). [jJava, type in Brit. 
Mus. |] 
Javan Serpent-Eagle. 
Slightly larger; wing 2 392 mm. ; darker 
generally (clove brown); wing-coverts 
heavily spotted with white, secondaries 
scarcely tipped ; tail black with one broad 
pale median band, the base dark brown ; 
throat, cheeks and ear-coverts blackish ; 
chest uniform clove brown, without vermi- 
culations; under wing-coverts usually 
blackish slate with white spots; white 
spots below irregular and only forming 
bars on under tail-coverts; primaries 
below with 2 black bands besides terminal 
one, coalescing on inner primaries, the 
white areas much reduced. 
Spilornis cheela baweanus Oberholser, Pr. 
U.S. Nat. Mus., lii., p. 185 (1917). [Ba- 
wean I., type in U.S. Nat. Mus.] 
Smaller than S. ¢. malayensis ; wing 2 342 
mm. ; white tail band narrower (30 mm.), 
wide basal one brown; primaries with 3 
regular bands of black below, the sub- 
terminal white band 30 mm. wide and ter- 
Java. 
Bawean I., 
N. of Java. 
