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minal black band 60 mm. wide ; throat and 

 chest uniform brown ; below dark brown, 

 with rounded spots of white ; under wing- 

 coverts dark brown with white spots. 



2291. Spilornis cheela kinabaluensis W. Sc^at., Borneo (Mts- 

 Bull. B.O.C., xl., p. 37 (1919). [ML Kina- Kinabalu & 

 balu, type in Brit. Mus.] Dulit). 



Wing 370 mm. ; " resembUng 5. c. bido of 

 Java, but with more white on underside of 

 wing quills and the black not so well 

 defined ; a rich umber brown nape band, 

 formed by tips of black crest feathers on 

 lower edge of crest having conspicuous tips 

 of that colour ; tail band broader and purer 

 white, not merely pale brown as in S. c. 

 bido ; throat quite black." — W. Sclat. 



Borneo 

 (low country, 

 Sarawak to 

 Sandakan) ; 

 Siam.^ 



220m. Spilornis cheela pallidus Walden, Ibis, 

 1872, p. 363. [Sarawak, type in Brit. Mus.] 

 Sarawak Serpent-Eagle. 



Smaller ; wing ^ 355 mm. ; much paler 

 brown above, especially on wing-coverts, 

 but bastard wing conspicuously black ; 

 head and crest jet black, mottled with 

 white bases ; tail black, with median band 

 brownish white ; upper wing-coverts with 

 spots of white ; under wing-coverts rufous 

 spotted with white ; cheeks, ear-coverts, 

 chin and throat grey ; chest uniform 

 brown ; primaries below with white sub- 

 terminal band about 75 mm. wide ; below 

 tawny with white spots. 



i Count Gyldenstolpe {Ibis, 1920, p. 745), who clearly recognises the forms of 

 Spilornis occurring in Siam, states that pallidus has been obtained at Kan Kok Klap 

 peninsula, Siam, and on the island of Koh Samui, but I have not seen specimens. 



