178 BIRDS OF EtmOPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



dark brown with paler margins ; beneath reddish buff with long 

 brown streaks ; cere, legs and feet bluish. 



Breeds. — British Isles; Continental Europe from Arctic Islands 

 (Nova Zembla, Jan Mayen, Waigatz) south to Pyrenees, N. Spain, 

 N. Italy, Balkans, and east to Urals. Chiefly resident, but many 

 wander in winter, then occurring Sardinia, Spain, Tunisia, Egypt. 

 Rare visitor Canaries and Faroes. 



P. peregrinus calidus Latham. Rictal stripe narrow and 

 tongue of white behind it broader and reaches nearer to eye ; 

 head and bill appear smaller. 



An Asiatic race which breeds in N.E. Russia, Petchora and 

 Samara districts ; occasional in winter west to Germany, Albania 

 and Italy ; more abundant S.E. Europe and Egypt. 



F. peregrinus brookei Sharpe. Smaller. Wing ^ 280-300, 

 $ 320-340 (H.). In some a more or less rufous collar on hind 

 neck ; underparts more rufous and more heavily barred. 



Breeds. — S. Spain, Morocco (Tangier), Balearic Islands, 

 Liguria, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Greece, Caucasus and 

 Asia Minor to Palestine. Resident. 



P. peregrinus pelegrinoides Temminck. Barbary Falcon. 

 ^ much smaller than $ "peregrinus" and with dark bars 

 generally more distinct ; more rufous on crown and hind neck 

 and underparts redder ; breast and even abdomen without drop- 

 like markings or only narrow shaft streaks. Wing 273-293. 

 $ darker above and more spotted below. Wing 315-332 (H.). 



Breeds. — N. Africa, Morocco to Egypt, Sahara, Canary Islands; 

 occurs Soudan and Blue Nile in winter. 



P. peregrinus anatum Bonaparte. ^ 9 Rictal stripe broader 

 than in "peregrinus" and often joined to ear coverts ; underparts 

 lightly marked and often powdered grey ; difficult to distinguish 

 from adult "peregrinus." Young are much darker, both above 

 and below than young "peregrinus.'^ 



A N. American race ; has twice occurred in England. 



Palco biarmicus tanypterus Schlegel. Banner Falcon. 



(^ Crown and hind neck dark vinous buff with narrow 

 streaks ; an indistinct dark stripe over and behind eye ; slight 

 rictal stripe black ; above grey or grey brown with paler or 



