ACCTPITRRS— FAT.rONTD.T: 181 



above paler ^^rey ; beneath, spots and streaks finer ; indistinguish- 

 able from dark Tircenland birds, but no white form. Wing (^ 

 366-3S0, 9 4 '0-430- Tarsus 57-6<;. Hill from cere, (^ 23-27, 

 9 26-29 (W.). 



Resident. — Iceland ; wanders occasionally south to N.W. 

 Europe. Recorded Faroes, British Isles, France, Switzerland, 

 Holland, Austria. 



Falco eleonorae Gene. Eleonora's f\\LCON. 



Has two phases, dark and light. 



^ 9 Dark form : dark slate colour, tinged brown, both above 

 and below. Light form : resembles a Hobby ; above slate 

 colour ; beneath reddish buff striated dark brown, becommg 

 darker and more cinnamon on thighs, vent, and under tail 

 coverts ; throat sometimes white. Bill greyish blue horn, black 

 at tip. Legs and feet sulphur-yellow. Iris deep brown. Wing 

 i 310-323, 9 326-338. Tarsus 36. Bill 16. Young: upper parts 

 dull black with broad rufous margins ; beneath rufous buff, 

 striated, but thighs, etc., not darker. 



Breeds. — Cliffs of Greece and Cyclades, Cyprus, Sicily, 

 Sardinia, Corsica, Balearic Islands, S. Spain, Canaries (Fuerte- 

 ventura and Lanzarote), Morocco (W. Coast). Partially 

 migratory ; occurs in winter south as far as Madagascar. Is 

 a late breeder ; fresh eggs found in late July or early in August. 



Falco concolor Temminck. 



$ 9 Grey throughout, except chin which is buff. Cere and 

 legs yellow. Wing 9 2S0. 



An African species, resident in sniall numbers in Lower and 

 Upper Egypt. 



Falco subbuteo subbuteo L. Hobby. Fr. Hobcreau ; 

 Ger. Lerchenfalke ; lt(d. Lodolaia ; Swed. Liirkfalk. 



^ 9 Above slate grey, darker on head, some white and 

 rufous on hind neck ; tail rounded, central pair feathers longest 

 and uniform, others barred rufous ; rictal stripe black ; beneath 

 white, sometimes reddish buff, broadly striated black, uniform 

 chestnut on abdomen, thighs, vent, and under tail coverts ; 2nd 

 primary longest, ist between 2nd and 3rd. liill bluish horn, tip 

 black. Legs, feet, and cere yellow, his dark brown. Wing 



