222. 
223. 
137 
Spilornis klossi Richm., Pr. U.S. N. Mus., 
xxv., p. 304 (1902). [Gt. Nicobar I.] 
Kloss’s Serpent-Eagle. 
Wing ¢ 258-260, 2 263-275 mm. ; above 
paler drab colour, with a slight coppery 
sheen ; ear-coverts and cheeks pale grey ; 
some of wing-feathers with narrow white 
tips and top of head and occipital feathers 
black ; tail with 2 light bars, the terminal 
dark band blacker; throat buffy white 
with indistinct grey median stripe ; chest 
light cinnamon drab, becoming buffish 
white below, unspotted, or occasionally 
with faint obsolete spots. 
Spilormis elgini (Tytler and Blyth), J. As. 
Soc. Beng., xxxii., p. 87:(1863). [S. An- 
daman I.| 
Elgin’s Serpent Eagle. 
Wing ad. 395 mm.; very dark form; 
above and below dark clove brown ; wing- 
coverts and wings with minute white spots ; 
tail with subterminal band brown and 
narrow, the basal one brown but indis- 
tinct, the terminal and median bands 
black ; below with white spots distinct, 
rounded, and continued up to throat. 
Spilornis abbotti Richm., Pr. U.S. N. Mus., 
xxvi., p. 492 (1903). [Simalur I., type in 
U.S. Nat. Mus.] 
Abbott’s Serpent-Eagle. 
Wing 3 330-345, 2 345-362 mm.; above 
deep clove brown, with a strong purplish 
shade ; head and nape black ; hind neck, 
mantle and scapulars with pale rusty 
edgings ; secondaries tipped with white ; 
Great 
Nicobar 
Island. 
Andaman Is. 
Nicobar Is. 
Simalur Island, 
W. Sumatra. 
