85 



217p, 



Larger ; wing 2 15.25-16.25 in. ; throat ashy; 

 chest pale ashy brown finely vermiculated ; 

 below tawny, the white spots rounded, 

 becoming bars on thighs ; tail with the pale 

 band, but a distinct basal one brown. 

 Spilornis cheela davisoni Hume, Stray Feath., 

 i., p. 307 (1873). [S. Andaman I., type in 

 Br. Mus.] 

 Andaman Serpent -Eagle. 



Andaman 

 Islands. 



" Perhaps closest to the Andaman race 

 {8. c. davisoni) but distinguished by the 

 richness of its colouring and its breast being 

 marked with narrow transverse bands of dusky 

 and rufous browix —these bands often extend- 

 ing on to the throat " ; wing av. 15.40 in. 

 217q. Spilornis cheela jMlawanensis W . Sclat., Bull. Palawan I. 

 B.O.C., xl., p. 38 (1919). [? Palawan, ty^Q 

 in B.M.] 



Smaller; length,^ 19.75-21.50; wing 13- 

 14.25 in. ; $ length 19.50-22.10 in. ; wing 

 12.50-14.20 in. ; bend of wing mottled instead 

 of uniform white or yellowish white ; tibial 

 plumes spotted instead of barred. [Doubt- 

 ful form ; not seen, and characters given 

 quite insufficient ; probably identical with 

 Sumatran bird.] 

 217r. Sjnlornis cheela abbotti Richm., Pr. TJ.S.N. 

 Mus., xxvi., pp. 492-3 (1903). [Simcdur /.] 

 Abbott's Serj^ent -Eagle. 



Simalur 

 Island, W. 

 Sumatra. 



218. 



Length ad. 22.5 ; wing 15.6 in. ; very dark 

 form ; above and below dark clove brown ; 

 wing-coverts and wings with minute white 

 spots ; tail with subterniinal band brown and 

 narrow ; the basal one brown but indistinct ; 

 the terminal and median bands black ; below 

 with white spots distinct, roimded, and 

 continued up to throat. 

 Spilornis elgini* Tytler, J. As. Soc. Beng., 

 xxxii., p. 87 (1863). [S. Andaman I.] 

 Elgin's Serpent -Eagle. 



Andaman If= 

 Nicobar Is. 



* The occurrence of this bird along with a form of s. cheela cheela proves it 

 to be a good species, apart from its very distinctive coloration and markings. 



