86 



219. 



Length (^ 17.6, wing 13.3 in. ; head black ; 

 above purplish brown, upper tail-coverts 

 tipped with white ; wing quills with broad 

 subterminal band of purplish brown and 

 banded with dark brown below ; tail tipped 

 with white and with broad blackish subter- 

 minal band and 2 less distinct ones nearer 

 base ; face and throat bluish ash ; chest 

 uniform dull rufous ; below rufous brown 

 with large spots and bars of white. 

 Spilornis rufipectus rufipectiis Gould, P.Z.S., Celebes. 

 1857, p. 222. [Macassar, type in Brit. Mus.] 

 Celebes Serpent -Eagle. 



Length, nearly ad., 18.5 ; wing 12.2 jn. ; more 

 closely banded and spotted below. 

 219a. Spilornis rufipectus raja Sharpe, Bull. B.O.C., Borneo 



i., p. Iv. (1893). [Kuching, type in Brit. (Sarawak). 



Mus.] 



Bornean Serpent -Eagle. 



Length 5 18, wing 12.1 in. ; (J length 17 in. ; 

 wing 12.2 in. ; rufous of chest paler. 

 219b. Spilornis rufipectus sulaensis Schl., Vog. Ned. 

 Valkvog., p. 38, pi. 23 ; figs. 4-6 (1866). 

 [Sula Is., type in Leyd. Mus.] 

 Sula Serpent-Eagle. 



Larger ; wing $ 13.50-14.5 in. ; above pale 

 brown, with a purplish gloss, the feathers 

 irregularly spotted with white at tips ; inter- 

 scapulary region with pale rufous tips and 

 large rounded white spots ; head and crest 

 ashy black, spotted with white, and with 

 rufous margins ; tail with broad median 

 and subterminal blackish bands ; face and 

 throat ashy grey ; rest of under parts pale 

 tawny rufous, ocellated with spots and half 

 bars of white. 

 220. Spilornis holospilus holospilus Vigors, P.Z.S., 

 1831, p. 96. [^ear Manila.] 

 Philippine Serpent -Eagle. 



Wing $ 12.50 ; very much paler, especially 

 below, without the rufous shade on breast 

 and belly. 



Sula Islands, 



Philippine 

 Is. (Luzon, 

 Cebu, 

 Mindanao, 

 Basilan.) 



