84 



Borneo 

 (low countrj'-, 

 Sarawak to 

 Sandakan). 



brown ; primaries below with the white 

 subterminal band about 3 in. wide ; below 

 tawny witn white spots. 

 2171. Spilornis cheela pallidus Walden, Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 363, [Sarawak.] 

 Bornean Serpent -Eagle. 



Smaller and much paler (especially on wing- 

 coverts) than S. c. pallidus ; tail shorter and 

 light band narrower ; wing (Nias T.) ad. 11.6- 

 12 in. ; tail 7.5 in. ; (Bunguran I.) wing ? 12 

 in. ; chest uniform (pale ashy brown in Bun- 

 guran I. birds and throat grey) ; head and 

 bands on wings and tail black not brownish 

 as in S. c. minimus. 

 217m. Spilornis cheela salvadorii Berl., Nov. Zool., ii., 

 p. 73 (1895). [Nias Is., co-type in Tring 

 Mus.] 

 Salvadori's Serpent -Eagle. 



Larger ; wing (J 14.25 in. ; similar to last form, 

 but very pale below ; much paler than S. c. 

 pallidus of Borneo. 

 217n. Spilornis cheela siihs'p.'^ [c^c^Triomate, Yaye- 

 yema, S. Loo Choo Is., Jime 16 and 19, in coll. 

 Tring Mus.] [=^S. pallidus Ogawa, Annot. 

 Zool. Japon., v. 4, p. 213, 1905.] 



Very small and pale form compared with S. 

 cheela cheela, wing ^ 11.50; $ 11.75; head 

 and crest (shorter) blackish brown instead of 

 black ; tail with the terminal and median 

 bands dusky brown instead of black, the 

 subterminal and basal bands light brown ; 

 throat and chest pale fulvous brown without 

 vermiculations ; bands on primaries below 

 as well as tips dusky brown instead of black. 

 217o. Spilornis cheela minimus Hume, Stray Feath., Nicobar 

 i., p. 464 (1875). [Kamorta, Nicobar Is., tjrpe Islands 

 in Br. Mus.] (Kamorta, 



Nicobar Serpent -Eagle. Trinkut, 



Katchal, 

 Little 

 Nicobar). 



* I have united the Bunguran I. birds (Tring Mus,) with, salvadorii as they 

 agree so well in size, although a little paler, and are certainly not pallidu't. 

 There is no connecting link between these and the Nias I. birds, however. 



Nias I. (W. 

 Sumatra) ; 

 Bunguran I. 

 (N.W. of 

 Borneo).* 



Loo Choo Is. 

 S. of Japan. 



