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CHAPTER I 



Falconifortnes 



ACCIPITER (ASTUr) GENTILIS L. 



(Goshawk) 

 /. typ. sbsp. buteoides sbsp. albidiis 



Menzb. Menzb. 



NW Eur.-N Russ. NE Russ., W Sib. NE Sib., Kamch. 

 (Several sbspp. in other parts of Eur. 

 and Asia). 



sbsp. striatulus Ridgw. 

 Pacific region of N. Amer. 



sbsp. atricapillus 



Wils. 



Alas.-Nfld. 



/• typ. 

 W Eur.-W Sib. 



AQUILA CHRYSAETOS L. 



(Golden Eagle) 



2-3 sbspp. in 



E Asia. 



Other sbspp. farther south. 



sbsp. canadensis L. 

 Alas.-Ungava, S to Mex. 



/• typ. 

 N Eur. 



BUTEO LAGOPUS Pont. 



(Rough-legged Hawk or Buzzard) 



sbsp. s.-johannis Gmel. 



sbsp. kamtchatkensis 



Dement. 



N Sib.; NW Alas. 



Alas.-Labr., Nfld. 



/• typ. 

 (Hen-Harrier) 

 Eur.-R. Lena. 



CIRCUS CYANEUS L. 



sbsp. taissiae But. 

 NE Sib. 



sbsp. hudsonius L. 

 (Marsh Hawk) 

 Alas.-Nfld., S to Tex. 



FALCO COLUMBARIUS L. 



(Pigeon Hawk; Merlin) 



sbsp. aesalon sbsp. regulus Pall. sbsp. insignis Clark sbsp. pacifictis 



Tunst. Stegm. 



Icel.(?), NW Eur. NE Eur., W Sib. N Sib. E Sib. 



sbsp. bendirei Swann 

 Alas.-Sask. 



/. typ. 

 Manit.-Nfld. 



Two more southern sbspp. 

 in N. Amer. 



/• typ. 



FALCO PEREGRINUS Tunst. 



sbsp. calidus Lath. sbsp. pealei Ridgw. 



(Peregrine Falcon) (Peale's Falcon) 



W Eur.-Ural. W Sib.-Kamch. NW N. Amer. 



Many more southern sbspp. 



sbsp. anatum 

 Bonap. 

 (Duck Hawk) 

 Alas.-Baff. L., S 

 to Tex.; Greenl. 



