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and abdomen broader, larger and more 

 regular, in the form of remains of transverse 

 baxs ; under wing-covert rufous brown, 

 with very large spots of white, edge of wing 

 white ; primaries below with the median 

 black markings concentric on inner webs 

 instead of forming bands, the terminal 

 black and subterminal white bands about 

 58 mm. wide. 



220i. Spilornis cheela bido Horsf., Tr. Linn. Soc, Java, 

 xiii., p. 137 (1822). [Java, type in Brit. 

 Mus.] 

 Javan Serpent-Eagle. 



SUghtly larger ; wing ? 392 mm. ; darker 

 generally (clove brown) ; wing-coverts 

 heavily spotted with white, secondaries 

 scarcely tipped ; tail black with one broad 

 pale median band, the base dark brown ; 

 throat, cheeks and ear-coverts blackish ; 

 chest uniform clove brown, without vermi- 

 culations ; under wing-coverts usually 

 blackish slate with white spots ; white 

 spots below irregular and only forming 

 bars on under tail-coverts ; primaries 

 below with 2 black bands besides terminal 

 one, coalescing on inner primaries, the 

 white areas much reduced. 



220k. Spilornis cheela baweanus Oberholser, Pr. Bawean I., 

 U.S. Nat. Mus., m., p. 185 (1917). [Ba- N. of Java. 

 wean I., type in U.S. Nat. Mus.] 



Smaller than S. c. malayensis ; wing ? 342 

 mm. ; white tail band narrower (30 mm.), 

 wide basal one brown ; primaries with 3 

 regular bands of black below, the sub- 

 terminal white band 30 mm. wide and ter- 



