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Spilornis rufipectus. 
(a) Spilornis rufipectus rufipectus. 
Spilornis rufipectus Gould, P. Z. 8. 1857, p, 222: Macassar. 
Distribution. Celebes, north and south. 
(b) Spilornis rufipectus sulaensis. 
Circaetus sulaensis Schlegel, Vog. Ned. Ind. Monogr. 3. 
Volkvog. 1866, p. 38: Sula Island. 
Distribution. Sula Island, off the east coast of Celebes. 
(c) Spilornis rufipectus raja. 
Spilornis raja Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. 1. 1893, p. lv: 
Kuching, Sarawak. 
Distribution. Sarawak, Borneo. 
* Spilornis asturinus. 
Spilornis asturinus Meyer, SB. Nat. Ges. Isis, Dresden, 
Abhandl. 1884, p. 13: patr. ignot. 
Spilornis holospilus. 
(a) Spilornis holospilus holospilus. 
Buteo holospilus Vigors, P. Z.8. 1831, p. 96: near Manilla. 
Distribution. The Philippine Islands from Luzon to Min- 
danao, but not the eastern islands, Panay and Negros. 
(b) Spilornis holospilus panayensis. 
Spilornis panayensis Steere, List Bds. Mamm. Philippines, 
1890, p. 7: Panay. 
Distribution. Panay, Guimaras, and Negros, Philippine 
group. 
Pernis celebensis steerei, subsp. nov. 
» Resembling P.c. celebensis, but with a long crest composed 
of one or two elongated feathers, usually measuring about 
2-5 inches and coloured blackiwith white bases. As a rule, 
not so richly coloured as P. ¢. celebensis, the transverse 
banding on the belly and under tail-coverts brown and 
white, not black and white, and the black on the under 
wing-coverts also paler. Crown of the head black or black 
* Not represented in the Collections of the British Museum. 
