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Synopsis, i, pt. 1, 47).— Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 19.— Daudint, Trait6 

 d'Orn., ii, 1800, 57.— Shaw, Gen. Zool., vii, pt. 1, 1809, 98.— Sonnini, 

 Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., xix, 1818, 237. 



Aesalon antillarum Moritz, in Wiegmann's Arch. Naturg., 1836, 390 (Porto Rico). 



Tinnunculus sparverius var, antillarum Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 

 1878, 65 (Dominica), 236 (Antigua), 240 (Barbuda), 274 (Grenada), 359 

 (Martinique), 459 (Guadeloupe), 487 (West Indian localities). — Allen, 

 Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, v, 1880, 169 (Santa Lucia; crit.). 



Tinnunculus antillarum Gurney, Ibis, 1881, 556 [-560], in text (crit., etc.). 



Falco aesalon y caribaearum Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 1, 1788, 284 (Caribbean 

 Islands; based on Aesalon antillarum Brisson, Orn., i, 1760, 111; Emerillon 

 Gry Gry Du Tertre, Hist. Nat. Antilles, ii, 253; Ray, Av., 19). 



Falco aesalon var, (3 Latham Index Orn., i, 1790, 49 (Caribee Merlin, ex Synopsis 

 Birds, i, 1781, 108, No. 93 B). 



Falco dominicensis (not of Gmelin) Daudin, Traits d'Orn., ii, 1800, 143, part. — 

 Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., x, 1866, 249 (Puerto Rico) ; Journ. fiir 

 Orn., 1866, 181 (Puerto Rico.)— Cory, Auk, iv, 1887, 44, part (Puerto Rico); 

 vii, 1890, 374 (Anegada), 375 (T6rtola; Virgin Gorda) ; Birds West Indies, 

 1889, 202, part (Puerto Rico). — American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Check-list, ed. 2, 1895, 140 (Cuba).— Bowdish, Auk, xix, 1902, 361 (Puerto 

 Rico). 



Falco {Tinnunculus) sparverius d. var. dominicensis Ridgway," Proc. Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., xvi, 1873, 49 (Puerto Rico). 



Falco sparverius caribbaearum Cory, List Birds West Indies, rev. ed., 1886, 22; 

 Ibis, 1886, 474 (La Desirade; Marie Galante). — Clark, Proc. Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., xxxii, 1905, 240 (Barbados, St. Vincent, Bequia, Granada); West 

 Indian Bull, xi, 1911, 182 (Santa Lucia). 



Falco sparverius caribearum Peters, Auk, xliv, 1927, 534 (Anguilla, West Indies). 



Falco sparverius caribaearum Wetmore, New York Acad. Sci., ix, pt. 3, 1927, 

 327 (genl.; Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands). — Beatty, Journ. Dept. Agr. 

 Puerto Rico, xiv, 1930, 139 (St. Croix; Estate Constitution Hill, Virgin 

 Islands; breeds). — Danforth, Auk, xlvii, 1930, 45 (St. Martin and Eustatius, 

 Lesser Antilles); Journ. Dept. Agr. Puerto Rico, xiv, 1930, 115 (St. Croix; 

 Tortola; Virgin Gorda; Virgin Islands); xv, 1931, 48 (near Mayaguez, 

 Aguadilla, Coloso, Aguada, etc., Puerto Rico) ; Auk, Ii, 1934, 357 (Antigua; 

 uncommon); Journ. Agr. Univ., Puerto Rico, xix, 1935, 477 (Barbuda; spec; 

 food); xxii, 1938, 507 (Saba; local; spec); xxiii, 1938, 22 (Guadeloupe; Les 

 Saintes; Desirade; Marie Galante; spec.) ; xxiii, 1939, 53 (Montserrat, common 

 and generally distributed; spec. food). — Peters, Check-list Birds of World, i, 

 1931, 303. — Bond, Birds West Indies, 1936, 76, in text (Lesser Antilles, 

 doubtful; Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, Virgin Islands; descr.; crit.), 414; 

 Check-list Birds West Indies, 1940, 27; ed. 2, 1945, 27 (West Indies; distr.) ; 

 Auk, Iviii, 1941, 366 (Dominica; nest.; eggs). 



Falco caribbaearum Cory, Auk, iv, 1887, 46 (descr.; syn.; localities;, 96 (Martin- 

 ique); vii, 1890, 374 (Anegada); viii, 1891, 46 (Anguilla), 47 (Antigua; St. 

 Eustatius), 48 (St. Croix; St. Christopher; Guadeloupe); Birds West Indies, 

 1889, 204; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, 10, 99, 139, in text, 140.— Sclater, 

 Proc Zool. Soc. London, 1889, 395 (Santa Lucia). — Mearns, Auk, ix, 1892, 

 253 (diagnosis). — Verrill, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts and Sci., viii, 

 1892, 326 (Dominica; habits; fresh colors of unfeathered parts). — Nicoll, 

 Ibis, 1904, 572 (Montserrat). 



Cerchneis caribbaearum Shappe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., i. 1874, 442, footnote; 

 Hand-list, 1, 1899, 278. 



