81 



spots below rounded and less distinct, the 

 darker margins much paler ; primaries below 

 as in S. c. cheela, but black terminal band not 

 more than 3 in. wide ; under wing-coverts 

 rufous with white spots, the outer edge white. 

 217c. Spilornis cheela burmanicus subsp. nov. [(J 

 Jobin, Thayetmyo, Burma, Mar. 5, 1905, in 

 coll. H. K. Swann, and examples in coll. Br. 

 Mus.] 

 Burmese Serpent -Eagle. 



Smaller ; wing (ex. from Hainan, Tring Mus.) 

 ? 16-17 in., S 15.50-16.25 in. ; throat slaty 

 Ibrown to dusky. 

 217d. Spilornis cheela rutherfordi Swinh., Ibis, 1870, 

 p. 85. [Central Hainan.'] 

 Hainan Serpent -Eagle. 



Wing (ad. unsexed) 16.25-16.75 ; much paler 

 above and below ; wings strongly shaded 

 with grey ; sides of head slate grey ; throat 

 uniform with chest, which is pale ashy brown, 

 slightly vermiculated ; chest also sparingly 

 spotted with white like the lower parts ; tail 

 brownish black, with brownish white median 

 band and remains of a basal one ; primaries 

 with one black median band below, besides 

 terminal one ; under wing-coverts rufous, 

 with white spots, outer edges white. 

 217e. Spilornis cheela floweri, subsp. nov. [ad. un- 

 sexed, Tahkaman,M.3,T. 19, 1897, and Chanta- 

 boon, July 1896, S. S. Flower, B.M. coll., Nos. 

 97.9.1.1 and 97.9.1.2.] 

 Siamese Serpent -Eagle. 



" Resembling S. c. cheela, but with upper parts 

 somewhat paler ashy brown, with a purplish 

 gloss, below dusty ashy ; transverse banding 

 on breast indistinct, often not noticeable ; 

 throat never black, but like the breast, cheeks 

 and ear-coverts grey, not black ; slightly 

 smaller wings " [18-19.25 in.]. 

 217f . Spilornis cheela ricketti W. Sclat ., Bull. B.O.C., 

 xl., p. 37 (1919). [(? Yamakan, FokienProv., 

 type in B.M. coll.] 

 Chinese Serpent -Eagle. 



Burma, N. to 

 Upper Burma 

 and Shan 

 States, S. to 

 Tavoy, at 

 least, in 

 Tenasserim. 



Hainan I. ; 

 Indo China ? 



Siam. 



S. China to 



Upper 



Burma 



(Chindwin 



dist.) 



