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t*278a. Perms cristatus ruficollis Less., Traite, Indian 



p. 76 (1831). [Bengal, type in Paris Mus.] Peninsula, 



[ =P. c. ellioti Jerd.] Ceylon, Assam 



Indian Crested Pern. Burma (?). 



Wing cJ 380-390, ? 405-418 mm. ; crest (35- 

 60 mm.) black ; crown and sides of head 

 ashy grey ; throat striped with black ; 

 general colour chocolate brown ; tail with 

 broad terminal black band and another 

 narrower one nearer base, the wide inter- 

 space and basal band ashy brown ; below 

 paler brown with distinct black shaft- 

 stripes. Immature : fawn below with 

 broader shaft-stripes. 



279. Pernis celebensis celebensis Walden, Tr. Celebes. 

 Z. S., viii., p. Ill (1872). [Celebes, type in 

 Brit. Mus.] 

 Celebes Pern. 



Smaller; wing ad. 372-392 mm., tail 

 265 mm. ; above chocolate brown, the head 

 blackish ; feathers of hind neck margined 

 with rufous ; lores and feathers round eye 

 grey ; throat white, with distinct black 

 shaft-stripes, and black moustachial and 

 central streaks ; chest tawny rufous, with 

 broad central streaks of black ; below white 

 barred with blackish brown ; tail brown 

 with 5 bars of darker brown and remains 

 of other bars on the interspaces, the tip 

 whitish. 



279a. Pernis celebensis steerei W. Sclat., Bull. 

 B.O.C., xl., p. 41 (1919). [San Antonio, 

 Negros, type in Brit. Mus.] 

 Philippine Pern. 



PhiUppine Is. 

 (Luzon, Sameu, 

 Negros, 

 Mindanao, 

 Basilan). 



