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minal black band 60 mm. wide ; throat and 
chest uniform brown; below dark brown, 
with rounded spots of white ; under wing- 
coverts dark brown with white spots. 
2291. Spilornis cheela kinabaluensis W. Sclat., Borneo (Mts. 
Bull. B.O.C., xl., p. 37 (1919). . [M?t. Kina- Kinabalu & 
balu, type in Brit. Mus.] Dulit). 
Wing 370 mm. ; “ resembling S. c. bido of 
Java, but with more white on underside of 
wing quills and the black not so well 
defined ; a rich umber brown nape band, 
formed by tips of black crest feathers on 
lower edge of crest having conspicuous tips 
of that colour ; tail band broader and purer 
white, not merely pale brown as in S. c. 
bido ; throat quite black.’”’-—W. Scrat. 
220m. Spilornis cheela pallidus Walden, Ibis, Borneo 
1872, p. 363. [Savawak,typein Brit. Mus.] (low country, 
Sarawak Serpent-Eagle. Sarawak to 
Sandakan) ; 
Smaller; wing ¢ 355 mm.; much paler Siam. 
brown above, especially on wing-coverts, 
but bastard wing conspicuously black ; 
head and crest jet black, mottled with 
white bases ; tail black, with median band 
brownish white ; upper wing-coverts with 
spots of white ; under wing-coverts rufous 
spotted with white ; cheeks, ear-coverts, 
chin and throat grey; chest uniform 
brown ; primaries below with white sub- 
terminal band about 75 mm. wide ; below 
tawny with white spots. 
2 Count Gyldenstolpe (Ibis, 1920, p. 745), who clearly recognises the forms of 
Spilornis occurring in Siam, states that pallidus has been obtained at Kan Kok Klap 
peninsula, Siam, and on the island of Koh Samui, but I have not seen specimens. 
