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Falco (Tinnunculus) sparverius var. isabellinus Ridqway, in Baird, Brewer, and 

 Ridgway, Hist. North Amer. Birds, iii, 1874, 171, part (Florida). 



Falco sparverius var. isabellinus Coues, Check List North Amer. Birds, 1873, 

 No. 346 a; ed. 2, 1882, No. 509. 



Falco sparverius isabellinus? Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, 538. 



Cerchneis sparverius paulus Howe and King, Contr. North Amer. Orn., i, 1902, 

 28 (Miami, Fla.; coll. Howe and Shattuck).— Swann, Synop. Accip., pt. 

 4, 1922, 224.— Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixx, 1930, 194 (type in Mas. 

 Comp. Zool.). 



Cerchneis sparveria paula Oberholser, Auk, xxxiv, 1917, 201; Bird Life Louisiana, 

 1938, 189 (Louisiana; distr. ; breeds). — Howell, Auk, xxxviii, 1921, 256 

 (Royal Palm Hammock, Fla.; not uncommon). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Auk, xl, 1923, 518.— Howell, Birds Alabama, 1924, 144; ed. 2, 1928, 

 144 (distr.; habits; Alabama).— Bailey, Birds Florida, 1925, 73, pi, 39 (col. 

 fig.; distr.; Florida). — Holt and Sutton, Ann. Carnegie Mus., xvi, 1926, 429 

 (habits, s. Florida). — Bent and Copeland, Auk, xliv, 1927, 381 (Hernando 

 and Pasco Counties, Fla.). — [Arthur], Birds Louisiana, 1931, 211 (descr.; 

 Stat.; Louisiana). 



Cerchneis sparveria paulus Swann, Synopt. List. Accip., pt. 4, 1920, 155. 



Falco sparverius paulus American Ornithologists' Union, Auk, xxv, 1908, 347 

 Check-list, ed. 3, 1910, 167; ed. 4, 1931, 77.— Baynard, Auk, xxx, 1913, 244 

 (Alachua County, Fla., breeding).' — Nice, Birds Oklahoma, rev. ed., 1931, 

 78 (genl.; Oklahoma).— Peters, Check-list Birds of World, i, 1931, 302.— 

 Bailey, Wils. Bull., xliv, 1932, 186, in text (range).— Howell, Florida Bird 

 Life, 1932, 190 (genl.; Florida).— Bond, Birds West Indies, 1936 

 (West Indies; possible occurr.); Check List Birds West Indies, 1940, 26, 

 in footnote (se. United States).— Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 170, 1938, 125 

 (life hist.).— Burleigh, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Louisiana State Univ., No. 20, 

 1944, 362 (Gulf coast of Mississippi; rare, breeds). —Hill, Auk, Ixi, 1944, 

 230 (meas.).— Green, Griffin, Odum, Stoddard, and Tomkins, Birds, 

 Georgia, 1945, 35 (Georgia; breeds in s. half of State). 



FALCO SPARVERIUS PENINSULARIS Mearns 



San Lucas Sparrow Hawk 



Adult male. — Similar to that of the nominate form, but smaller, 

 the black spots on the underparts fewer and smaller on the average, 

 and averaging slightly paler gray (deep gull gray) and rufescent above, 

 the latter color with a faint sandy tone, almost vinaceous-cinnamon. 



Adult female. — Like that of the nominate race, but smaller, the 

 rufescent of the upperparts generally (not including the tail) paler 

 and slightly duller, the dark cross bars dark grayish. 



Juvenal male.— Like the adult, but with a few dark streaks on the 

 breast and the abdominal spots elongated into tear-shaped markings; 

 feathers of the crown with dusky gray transverse spots. 



Juvenal female. — Like the adult, but mth the ventral streaks sepia 

 instead of ochi'aceous-tawny; cross bars on the tail blacker. 



Natal down. — Unknown. 



Adult male— Wing 163-178 (169); tail 113-126 (118.5); culmen 



