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222. Spilornis klossi Richm., Pr. U.S. N. Mus.. Great 

 XXV., p. 304 (1902). [Gt. Nicobar /.] Nicobar 



Kloss's Serpent-Eagle, Island. 



Wing <J 258-260, ? 263-275 mm. ; above 

 paler drab colour, with a slight coppery 

 sheen ; ear-coverts and cheeks pale grey ; 

 some of wing-feathers with narrow white 

 tips and top of head and occipital feathers 

 black ; tail with 2 light bars, the terminal 

 dark band blacker ; throat buffy white 

 with indistinct grey median stripe ; chest 

 light cinnamon drab, becoming huffish 

 white below, unspotted, or occasionally 

 with faint obsolete spots. 



223. Spilornis elgini (Tj^tler and Blyth), J. As. Andaman Is. 

 Soc. Beng., xxxii., p. 87 (1863). [S. An- Nicobar Is. 

 daman /.] 

 Elgin's Serpent Eagle. 



Wing ad. 395 mm. ; very dark form ; 

 above and below dark clove brown ; wing- 

 coverts and wings with minute white spots ; 

 tail with subterminal band brown and 

 narrow, the basal one brown but indis- 

 tinct, the terminal and median bands 

 black ; below with white spots distinct, 

 rounded, and continued up to throat. 



224. Spilornis abbotH Richm., Pr. U.S. N. Mus., Simalur Island 

 xxvi., p. 492 (1903). [Simalur I., type in W. Sumatra. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus.] 

 Abbott's Serpent-Eagle. 



Wing S 330-345, ? 345-362 mm. ; above 

 deep clove brown, with a strong purphsh 

 shade ; head and nape black ; hind neck, 

 mantle and scapulars with pale rusty 

 edgings ; secondaries tipped with white ; 



