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217h. Spilornis cheela m,alayensis* subsp. nov. [^ Malay 



Baub, Pahang, " alt. 400 " ; June 28, 1903, Peninsula 

 W. H. Craddock, in coll. H. K. Swann] Sumatra. 

 [—S. bacha ; aiict. plur.] 

 Malayan Serpent-Eagle. 



Slightly larger ; wing $ 15.50 ; darker gene- 

 rally (clove brown) ; wing-coverts heavily 

 spotted with white, secondaries scarcely 

 tipped ; tail black with one broad pale median 

 band, the base dark bro\Aai ; throat, cheeks 

 and ear-coverts blackish ; chest uniform 

 clove brown, without vermiculations ; under 

 wing-coverts usually blackish slate with white 

 sj)ots ; 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. 

 217i. Spilornis cheela bido Horsf ., Tr. Linn. Soc, Java 

 xiii., p. 137 (1822). [Java, type in Br. Mus ] 

 Javan Serpent -Eagle. 



" 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 8. c. bido ; throat quite black." 

 217k. Spilornis cheela kinabaluensis W. Sclat., Bull. 

 B.O.C., xl., p. 37 (1919). [iMt. Kinabalu, 

 type in B.M.] 



Smaller ; length(^21 in. ; wing 14 in. ; much 

 paler brown above, especially on wing-coverts, 

 but bastard wing cons]3icuously black ; head 

 and crest jet black ; tail black, with median 

 band broA\iiish white ; iq^per wing-coverts 

 with spots of white ; under wing-coverts 

 rufous spotted with white ; cheeks, ear- 

 coverts, chin and throat grey ; chest uniform 



Borneo (Mts. 

 Kinabalu & 

 Dulit). 



* The name bacha cannot stand for Malayan birds. It was described 

 from Le Vaillant who claimed it as a S. African bird erroneously and it is 

 now impossible to say to what race it properly applies. Giirney thought Le 

 Vaillant's plate more like the Malaccaii bird, but considered the name would 

 be best discarded {Ibis, 1878, p. 100). In any case it is predated by bassus 

 Forster (1798), an equally doubtful name. 



