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minal black band 60 mm. wide ; throat and 

 chest imif or m brown ; below dark brown, 

 with rounded spots of white ; under wing- 

 coverts dark brown with white spots. 



2201. Spilornis cheela kinabaluensis W. Sdat., Borneo (Mts. 

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

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



Wing 370 mm. ; " resembling S. 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 5. c. 

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



220m. Spilornis cheela pallidus Walden, Ibis, Borneo 



1872, p. 363. {Sarawak, type in Brit. Mus.] (low country, 

 Sarawak Serpent-Eagle. Sarawak to 



Sandakan) ; 

 Smaller ; wing <J 355 mm. ; much paler Siam.^ 

 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 (76is, 1920, p. 745), who clearly recognises the forms of 

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

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



