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and abdomen broader, larger and more 
regular, in the form of remains of transverse 
bars; 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. 
. Spilornis cheela bido Horsf., Tr. Linn. Soc., 
xlii., p. 137 (1822). [Java, type in Brit. 
Mus.] 
Javan Serpent-Eagle. 
Slightly larger ; wing 9 392 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. 
Spilornis cheela baweanus Oberholser, Pr. 
U.S. Nat. Mus., lii., p. 185 (1917). [Ba- 
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- 
Java. 
Bawean I., 
N. of Java. 
