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Distribution. The Himalaya from Kashmir to Assam; in 
winter to the plains of northern India, occasionally south to 
Mysore and the Nilgiris. 
(b) Spilornis cheela albidus. 
Faleo albidus Temminck, PI. Col. 4th livr. pl. 19,1824: 
Pondicherry. 
Distribution. Peninsular India, occasionally to the plains 
of northern India. 
(c) Spilornis cheela spilogaster. 
Hematornis spilogaster Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xxi. 1852, p. 351: 
Ceylon. 
Distribution. Ceylon. 
(d) Spilornis cheela davisoni. 
Spilornis davisoni Hume, Stray Feathers, i. 1873, p. 307 : 
South Andamans. 
Distribution. Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 
(e) Spilornis cheela ricketti. 
Spilornis cheela ricketti Sclater, supra. 
(f) Spilornis cheela hoya. 
Spilornis hoya Swinhoe, Ibis, 1866, p. 304 : Formosa. 
Distribution. Formosa. 
(g) Spilornis cheela rutherfordi. 
Spilornis rutherfordi Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 85: Central 
Hainan. 
Distribution. Assam, most of Burma and Siam to Hainan. 
(h) Spilornis cheela bacha. bya 
Falco bacha Daudin, Traité, ii. 1800, p. 43: South Africa, 
ex Levaillant errore, Sumatra apud W. L. 8. 
Distribution. The Malay Peninsula, extending to southern 
Tenasserim ; also Sumatra. 
(i) Spilornis cheela bido. 
Falco bido Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xii. 1822, 
p- 137: Java. 
Distribution. Java. 
